CHAPTER 1 emotional, and sexual abuse of children, has not been adopted, nor has the Commission’s recommendation for a specific provision that expressly gives the Child Act 2001 primacy over other laws where children are concerned been taken up by the Government. Parallel Report to the CRC Committee In anticipation of the State Report to the CRC Committee and in the spirit of consultation, the Commission held a RTD on 13 October 2016 at its Kuala Lumpur office with stakeholders from both Government agencies and civil society to discuss Malaysia’s remaining reservations to the CRC, the new amendments to the Child Act 2001 and issues pertaining to child pornography; paedophilia; child marriages; children in detention; refugee, undocumented, and stateless children; and trafficking in children, amongst others. The RTD was held with the objective of providing all participants with an open platform to express and elaborate their views with regard to: i) The remaining reservations to Articles 2, 7, 14, 28(1)(a) and 37 of the CRC; and ii) The new amendments to the Child Act 2001 and the lack of laws pertaining to child pornography; paedophilia; child marriages; children in detention; and refugee, undocumented, and stateless children, amongst others. The RTD was attended by the following CSOs, Government agencies, Trade Union and academicians: i) Child Rights Committee of the Malaysian Bar Council; ii) PS The Children; iii) Yayasan Chow Kit; iv) Childline Malaysia; v) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Malaysia; vi) SUKA Society; vii) PT Foundation; viii) National Security Council; ix) National Registration Department (NRD); x) Royal Malaysia Police (RMP); xi) Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia (JKSM); xii) Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Migrants (MAPO); xiii) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA); 34 SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2016 suhakam 2new.indd 34 3/23/17 5:54 PM