THE RIGHT TO HEALTH IN PRISON: RESULTS OF A NATIONWIDE SURVEY AND REPORT 2.21 The right to health is also explained in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 1965 (ICERD) [Article 5 (e) (iv)] and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICRMW), which to date, Malaysia has not accepted. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Adopted and opened for signature and ratification by General Assembly resolution 2106 (XX) of 21 December 1965 entry into force 4 January 1969, in accordance with Article 19 Article 5 In compliance with the fundamental obligations laid down in article 2 of this Convention, States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law, notably in the enjoyment of the following rights: (e) Economic, social and cultural rights, in particular: i. The rights to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work, to protection against unemployment, to equal pay for equal work, to just and favourable remuneration; ii. The right to form and join trade unions; iii. The right to housing; iv. The right to public health, medical care, social security and social services; v. The right to education and training. vi. The right to equal participation in cultural activities; 20

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