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DIRECTORY (categorised in alphabetical order, and unless otherwise specified, listed in reverse chronological order)

Go to : Action Plans | Campaigns | Conventions & Covenants | Infographics | Literary Works | Memorandums | Papers, Lectures, Articles | Paraphernalia | Reports | Statements | Videos

ACTION PLANS

CAMPAIGNS

CONVENTIONS & COVENANTS

As a member of the United Nations, Malaysia adopts:

The United Nations Universal Declaration on Human Rights 1948 (UDHR) [Download pdf] / Perisytiharan Hak Asasi Manusia Sejagat 1948 (UDHR) [Muat-turun pdf]

Further, there are 9 core international human rights treaties, of which Malaysia has signed and ratified 3, which are:

[4] The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) 1979 – Ratified in 1995 with reservations (for Gender Equality, created on 18 Dec 1979);
[6] The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1989 – Ratified in 1995 with reservations (for Children’s Rights, created on 20 Nov 1989); and
[9] The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 2006 – Ratified in 2010, with reservations about Articles 15 and 18, but has not signed the Optional Protocols to this Convention (for Rights of the Disabled, created on 13 Dec 2006).

However, Malaysia has yet to sign onto the other 6 core international human rights treaties, which are:

[1] International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) 1965 (for Racial Equality, created on 21 Dec 1965);
[2] International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 1966 (on Civil and Political Rights, created on 16 Dec 1966);
[3] International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) 1966 (on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, created on 16 Dec 1966);
[5] Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) 1984 (on Anti-Torture, created on 10 Dec 1984);
[7] International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (ICMW) 1990 (on Migrant Workers’ Rights, created on 18 Dec 1990); and
[8] International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CPED) 2006 (against enforced disappearance, created 20 Dec 2006).

Another international human rights treaty which Malaysia has endorsed is:

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) 2007 – Endorsed in 2007

Malaysia is also signatory to the following Regional Conventions & Covenants:

The ASEAN Human Rights Declaration 2012 [Download pdf] – Adopted in 2012 (created 9 Nov 2012);
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in the ASEAN Region 2004 (created 13 June 2004);
Kuala Lumpur Declaration on the Establishment of the ASEAN Charter 2005 (created 12 Dec 2005);
Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Elimination of Violence Against Children in ASEAN 2013 – Adopted in 2013 (created on 9 Oct 2013); and
ASEAN Convention Against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children 2015 [Download pdf] – Signed in 2015 but yet to ratify (created 21 Nov 2015, in force Mar 2017).

INFOGRAPHICS – PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

LITERARY WORKS (Listed By Author)

MEMORANDUMS

PAPERS, LECTURES, ARTICLES – Published, Delivered etc (Listed By Author)

Ambiga Sreenevasan – Murder in Custody? dated 22 February 2017
Gurdial Singh Nijar – Gandhi: Walking with us today; Address at the 6th Gandhi Memorial Lecture Held by the Gandhi Memorial Trust, 2 October 2016 – Kuala Lumpur [Download]
Gurdial Singh Nijar – TPPA the new age of foreign corporations, dated 16 November 2015 [Download]
HAKAM – Bullying in Malaysian Schools, dated 30 January 2018 [Download]
Malik Imtiaz Sarwar & Surendra Ananth – Confronting the Constitutionality of Hudud, published by LexisNexis Malaysian Sdn Bhd in Malayan Law Journal Article Supplement Volume 4, [2016] 4 MLJ xii [Download]
Malik Imtiaz Sarwar & Surendra Ananth – The National Security Bill: A Colorable Exercise of Power, published by LexisNexis Malaysia Sdn Bhd in [2016] 2 MLJ cxix [Download]
Philip Koh – A Plea for Wisdom, published in Praxis Oct-Dec 2013 edition [Download]
Ramdas Tikamdas – Human Rights in Malaysia: The Last 10 Years, dated 9 September 2009 [Download]
Shen, Fei and Tsui, Lokman, Public Opinion Toward Internet Freedom in Asia: A Survey of Internet Users from 11 Jurisdictions (May 4, 2016). Berkman Center Research Publication No. 2016-8. [Download] Also available at SSRN:http://ssrn.com/abstract=2773802
Tommy Thomas – Human Rights in 21st Century Malaysia, dated November 2011 [Download]

PARAPHERNALIA

HAKAM Trifold Brochure, dated April 2017 [Download pdf]

REPORTS

STATEMENTS

Issued in 2018

Issued in 2017

Issued in 2016

Issued in 2015

VIDEOS

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