The Macao SAR delegation, led by the Secretary for Administration and Justice Florinda Chan, attended the hearing of the UN Human Rights Committee at Geneva in Switzerland to present an in-depth interpretation of the MSAR existing laws, including the Basic Law and various single-line laws, the implementation and protection of human rights covered by the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, whilst introducing the initiatives of enhanced measures for protecting and safeguarding the population's rights and interests since the establishment of the MSAR Government. The delegation continued their second round of the UN Human Rights Committee hearing in Geneva yesterday (19th) (local time) to respond to the Members' questions relevant to the status of the MSAR's implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. During the two-day meetings, members asked questions in several aspects on the implementation of the Convention, most of them concerning the fundamental rights such as employment, freedom of movement, freedom of information, protection of children and women, the legal procedural rights, and so forth. In her closing remarks, Secretary Chan thanked the Human Rights Committee for the open, frank and constructive dialogue during the two-day hearing; agreeing that the MSAR Government recognized the importance of the reporting mechanism and took into account the Human Rights Committee recommendations. The Chairman of Committee, Nigel Rodley, said in his concluding remarks that the report submitted by the SAR Government presents detailed information and the team that was present at the session was professional, which enabled the Committee to understand better the situation in Macao. He commended on the seriousness and the positiveness of the delegation's response to contribute an excellent dialogue between the two parties. He referred to the Committee's concerns on the MSAR's political system development, its immigration policy and functions of the Ombudsman. According to Article 40 of the Macao Basic Law concerning the "International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights", the "International Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" and the International Labour Convention as applied to Macao shall remain in force through the implementation of relevant MSAR laws. The MSAR Government continues to review the implementation of the Convention to achieve further effective implementation in the Region. The MSAR Government taking the recommendations and opinions from the United Nations Human Rights Committee will continue to take necessary measures to protect the human rights for the Macao residents and to implement the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the Region.