Key Issues KEY ISSUES 1. REPORT OF THE NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO THE LAND RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN MALAYSIA (NI) In the year under review, the Commission continued to follow up closely with the relevant authorities on the progress of the Task Force, set up in August 2013. The Commission deferred its follow up activities to enable the Task Force to deliberate and strategise on an effective and successful implementation plan of the NI proposals and recommendations in the overall interest of the Indigenous Peoples. The Commission was informed that the Task Force’s Report had been submitted to the Minister on 10 September but regrettably, as at the end of 2014, the Commission had yet to obtain any information regarding the report. The Commission hopes that the Task Force’s Report will adopt and recommend the implementation of as many, if not all, of the NI’s proposals and recommendations as needed for the betterment of the Indigenous Peoples of Malaysia. 2. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN (NHRAP) The Commission welcomed the Government’s decision to develop the nation’s first ever National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP). Since the announcement in 2010, the Commission had been consistent in supporting and pushing for the expedition of its development. In 2014, the Commission submitted a position paper to YB Puan Hajah Nancy Shukri, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of the NHRAP. Since the announcement in 2010, the Commission had been consistent in supporting and pushing for the expedition of its development. In 2014, the Commission submitted a position paper to YB Puan Hajah Nancy Shukri, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of the NHRAP. A key concern that the Commission raised to the Government was that the five core NHRAP Thrusts, namely civil and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights; rights of vulnerable groups; rights of Indigenous Peoples; and international obligations, may be too broad in scope, which may impose a challenge to Malaysia in achieving all five Thrusts by the target date. Accordingly, in developing the objectives and strategies for each Thrust, there is the need to ensure that they are realistic, practical and achievable. In addition, the Government should also consider the following: 8