xiv) Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC); xv) Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development (MWFCD); xvi) Selangor Syariah Judiciary Department (JAKESS); xvii) Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM); xix) National Union of the Teaching Profession Malaysia (NUTP); xx) Islamic Science University of Malaysia (USIM); CHAPTER 1 xviii) Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (KKMM); xxi) University of Technology MARA (UiTM); and xxii) National University of Malaysia (UKM). Among the pertinent points raised during the RTD were the following: i) Among the problems faced in Malaysia in battling sexual crimes committed against children was that some of the domestic laws could not address new challenges posed by the rapid development of technology. Hence, the purpose of the new Child Sexual Crimes Bill being proposed by the Government was to create an Act that could address newer issues regarding provisions on pornography, “sexual grooming”, and online as well as offline sexual crimes, whilst expanding the definition of rape within current domestic laws; ii) With regard to the issue of children in detention, participants highlighted that no education was provided for children who were in detention centres and stressed that children should not be placed in detention centres. Further, having a separate detention centre for children would not solve the problem. Rather, children in detention should be placed in NGO shelters under the Alternatives to Detention (ATD) initiative which the Commission continues to advocate for; iii) In relation to the reservation placed on Article 7 of the CRC, it was highlighted during the RTD that the said article only speaks of “a nationality” and not the specific nationality of the State itself. Hence, Malaysia did not have an obligation to provide children with a Malaysian nationality as long as the child is entitled to a nationality, which could be that of another country. Therefore, there is no reason or necessity for the reservation on Article 7 of the CRC; iv) The participants raised concerns on the effectiveness of having a crime registrar for sexual crimes committed against children, in light of the low conviction rate of such offenders in Malaysia, as it would not provide a comprehensive list of convicted offenders and possible offenders; v) The lack of accessibility for registration of births was also raised by participants. Many parents, especially those who were uneducated SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2016 35 suhakam 2new.indd 35 3/23/17 5:54 PM