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;
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