iii. CH A PT E R 1 More than half - 66% - of them indicated that they were concerned about human rights while 33% were concerned only to a certain extent. The remaining 1% were not concerned about human rights at all. iv. That 44.4% of the respondents understood that SUHAKAM was an independent statutory body that promotes and protects human rights as opposed to 42.4% who thought that it was an NGO that championed human rights. The remaining 13.2% thought that SUHAKAM was a government department. v. That 66% of the respondents understood that SUHAKAM worked on all issues related to human rights in the country as opposed to 31% who thought that SUHAKAM worked on issues related to the misconduct of government agencies. The remaining 3% of the respondents thought that SUHAKAM worked on issues related to the interests of political parties. vi. While 57% thought SUHAKAM did the best it could in fulfilling its responsibility, 20% opined that SUHAKAM did not do well enough due to limitations of its powers. The remaining 23% felt that SUHAKAM did not do well enough due to the lack of followup action on the part of the government. “Youth For Rights” programme held in Selangor on 31 March Although most of the youths opined that human rights protect all people including detainees and inmates, 17% believed that human rights protect a specific group, namely the politicians and only 4% of the respondents attributed human rights protection to vulnerable groups like children and women as well as persons with disabilities. In comparison, the percentage of “SUHAKAM Bersama Masyarakat” respondents who held the view that human rights protect politicians was relatively low. SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2018 45