Chapter 1 - Report of the Education and Public Relations Group YB Senator Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan delivering his officiating speech at the Launch of the 2014 Human Rights Week As part of the integrated activities of Human Rights Week, the Commission also worked with the University of Selangor and Serdang Royals Debate Club to jointly organise a Human Rights Debate Tournament from 6-9 December, with the aim of promoting greater understanding among university students via critical discourse on the importance of human rights as well as current issues revolving around human rights locally and globally. 20 teams from 10 local educational institutions competed in the tournament. The Grand Finals of the tournament, which was officiated by the Commission’s Chairman, Tan Sri Hasmy Agam, attracted 100 attendees including representatives from Government agencies, local universities and the media. The champion was the team from University Teknologi Mara (UiTM) represented by Rafiq Saladdin and Muqriz Mustaffa Kamal. Rafiq Saladdin also won the Best Speaker Award. The other finalists were Sarah Choong Ee Mei and Patrick Cheang Zhi Chian from the University of Malaya (UM), and UiTM’s Terence Aaron and Muayyad Khairulmaini as well as Izzat Arif Abd Jamil and Syed Afiq Syed Albakri. Commission Chairman Tan Sri Hasmy Agam and special guest Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah with the winning teams of the Grand Finals of the Human Rights Debate Tournament 31