xii SUHAKAM SUHAKAM played host to a contingent from the Regional Human Rights Commission (RHRC) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of the Philippines, who expressed an interest in modelling our structure and work. This is a matter of pride for SUHAKAM, as it signals that we are an institution that is also respected internationally and one that others seek to emulate. The Asia Pacific Forum (APF), the Commonwealth Forum on National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI) and the Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF) are regional networks in which SUHAKAM holds membership and actively participates through various meetings and workshops, intended not only to engage fellow network members regarding human rights within the country, but also to build and increase the capacity of the officers of SUHAKAM to be better prepared to understand and undertake the ever-evolving field of human rights work. In 2019, Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) paid special attention to the implementation, follow up and review of the Global Compact for Migration which had been adopted by the UN General Assembly in the previous year. Migration is multidisciplinary and cuts across many other human rights areas that SUHAKAM works on, including the detention of children, the status of refugees, the rights of migrant workers and statelessness. The APF Biennial Conference examined the role of NHRIs to counter hate, prejudice and discrimination where SUHAKAM SUHAKAM spoke about migrants, xenophobia, equality and nonwill continue to discrimination. In addition to the MoUs advocate for the signed on the issues of statelessness ratification of the in Sabah and of migrant workers, remaining six SUHAKAM plans to deepen our work on international human this particular area. “ SUHAKAM is also an active participant in United Nations mechanisms. As an ‘A’-status NHRI, SUHAKAM issued 4 intervention statements during the 40th and 42nd Sessions of the Human Rights Council on the adoption of Malaysia’s UPR rights instruments and the withdrawal of all reservations of treaties already acceded to ”

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