nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200602-013143-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200601s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200602-013143-0 doi eng 342 23 Chan, Johannes M.M. Author aut Five Reasons to Question the Legality of a National Security Law for Hong Kong Chan, Johannes M.M. Verfassungsblog 2020-06-01 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 28 May 2020, the National People’s Congress (NPC) resolved to authorize its Standing Committee (NPCSC) to enact a piece of national security law for Hong Kong. Would this decision be in contravention of the Basic Law? Some people may say that this is a stupid question. Maybe it is. But if the Central Government still claims to be abide by the rule of law, and if the NPC is not above the law, then whether its decision would contravene the Basic Law is a serious question about the rule of law. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Hong Kong protests National Security Law One Country Two Systems Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/five-reasons-to-question-the-legality-of-a-national-security-law-for-hong-kong/ raw object