SUHAKAM will continue to collaborate with the PWD and their organisations to identify and highlight the problems they encounter, including to identify laws that may need to be revised or updated. SUHAKAM organised a Seminar Masjid Mesra OKU (Seminar on Disabled-Friendly Mosques) on 20 October, with the aim of providing a platform for discussing substantive issues, including the needs of PWD and their basic right to worship. The session sought to identify solutions and resolutions to develop a policy to make mosques disabled-friendly. From 2012 to 2018, the government studied and developed the National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP), which was launched on 1 March 2018. The Plan contains 294 action plans. It was an important milestone in improving the standing of human rights in Malaysia. However, the plan has been found to be inadequate. It has failed to take into account certain human rights aspects. This was attributed to the absence of or minimal consultation with activists, advocates, CSOs, and even SUHAKAM, in the development of the plan. SUHAKAM wants to be involved in any working meetings and consultations to ensure that the plan will be further improved so that it is relevant to the Malaysian context. SUHAKAM collaborated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to implement a project to support the development of Malaysia’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAPBHR) by promoting an understanding and application of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). SUHAKAM also explored various avenues by forming partnerships to promote greater respect and compliance of human rights in the business operations of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV) and the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA). With The Forest Trust (TFT), SUHAKAM co-organised a “Consultation on Children in the Plantations of Sabah”, to address supply-chain issues focussing on children in the oil palm plantations of Sabah. SUHAKAM has continued to engage with the international community through a number of international human rights platforms, including the Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF), Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI), and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). One important international engagement in the year was Malaysia’s Third Universal Periodic Review SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2018 xvii

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