Chapter 1 – Report of the Policy, Law and Complaints Group I. POLICY DIVISION The world has enough for everyone’s need, but not enough for everyone’s greed. Mahatma Gandhi Pre-eminent Indian nationalist leader and proponent of nonviolent civil disobedience Under its restructuring exercise, the Commission divided the former Research and Policy Development Division into two new divisions – the Policy Division and the Law Reform and Treaties Division. During the year, the Policy Division focused its work and advocacy on issues related to business and human rights; the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP); the Parliamentary Select Committee on human rights; follow-up action on the report of the National Inquiry into Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Malaysia (NI); and research on transgender issues, particularly in respect of the rights to employment, healthcare, education, housing and dignity. The Policy Division also conducted follow-up activities to the Commission’s previous thematic studies on “The Right to Education for Children with Learning Disabilities” and “Care Services for Older Persons and Support for Caregivers”. 1. FOLLOW-UP TO 2013 THEMATIC AREAS In finalising the reports of the Commission’s research on its 2013 thematic areas, namely, “The Right to Education of Children with Learning Disabilities” and “Care Services for Older Persons and Support for Caregivers”, the Commission had met with the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Social Welfare Department (JKM) to obtain input and comments as well as updated data and statistics that were later incorporated in the Commission’s reports. These two reports were released on 16 November during a round-table discussion (RTD), which was held to exchange views on the findings and recommendations of those reports. The RTD was divided into two sessions. The morning session focused on the issues pertaining to the right to education for children with learning disabilities (CWLD) while the afternoon session focused on the issues relating to care services for older persons and support for caregivers. The RTD was attended by representatives from Government agencies, civil 31 BOOK-ANR2016-01-latest.indb 31 08/04/2016 3:32 PM