STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK ON A NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON BUSINESS AND
HUMAN RIGHTS FOR MALAYSIA
17. The Strategic Framework was formulated based on information and knowledge gained in the
Commission’s business and human rights-related activities. These include:
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a series of roundtable discussions on business and human rights held over the years since
2010, involving stakeholders from the Government, businesses and civil society
the National Inquiry into the Land rights of Indigenous Peoples;
the Report on the Murum Hydroelectric Project and its Impact Towards the Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights of the Affected Indigenous Peoples in Sarawak;
a study on the corporate social responsibilities of logging and plantation companies in Sarawak;
engagement with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) on the human rights
impacts in Malaysia of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP Agreement);
complaints received regarding business-related human rights abuses, many of which relate to
the abuse and exploitation of migrant workers; and
A literature review of international and domestic frameworks, standards and initiatives
relevant to business and human rights and corporate social responsibility.
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