Hong Kong Bar Association

Circular No. 072/04

To : Members of the Bar Association

From : Philip Dykes, SC - Vice Chairman

Date : 26 July 2004

OVERSEAS CONFERENCES

Members may wish to note the following International Conferences:

1. IT Law Conference which will be held at the Pacific Sutera, Sutera Harbour Bay Resort, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from 26 - 27 August 2004. The topic for this Conference is "Evolving Legal Issues in IT". For further details, registration and accommodation forms, please contact the conference office at tel: (603) 2034 2825 or email to: council@malaysianbar.org.my.

2. Gibraltar Human Rights Symposium to be held at Eliott Hotel, Gibraltar from 2 - 3 September 2004. The topic for this Conference is "Human Rights Today". You may contact PA to the Chief Justice at +350 78808 or fax +350 47303 or email: Shcots@aol.com.

3. The XVIIth International Congress of Penal Law to be held in Beijing, China from 12 - 19 September 2004. The Conference will cover the following major topics:

- Criminal responsibility of minors in national and International Legal order;
- Corruption and related crimes in International Economic Activities;
- Principles of Criminal Procedure and their application in disciplinary proceedings;
- Concurrent national and International jurisdication and the Principle "Neb is in idem"

For all meetings, simultaneous interpretation in Chinese, English and French will be provided. For further details and registration forms, please contact the conference office at 86 - 10 - 6651 0410 or email: website@chinalawsociety.com.

For any further enquiries members may also contact Rani Romani at the Bar Secretariat at 2869 0210.