B. PUBLICATION AND DOCUMENTATION Publication and Documentation Division (PDD) continued the promotion and protection of human rights through printed and electronic materials. 1. ANNUAL REPORT Following the successful debate of Annual Report 2018 in Parliament, in 2019, SUHAKAM hopes the government will continue to submit a motion to debate the annual report in Parliament in subsequent years. SUHAKAM’s 2019 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on 4 November. BHEUU handled the submission of motion for debate. A series of discussions were held on 17 and 18 September with Parliament and BHEUU, respectively, on the proposed debates. BHEUU was also responsible for obtaining feedback from various ministries and agencies to be submitted together with the Annual Report for the debate. On 1 December, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), Dato’ Seri Takiyuddin Hassan told Parliament that SUHAKAM’s 2019 Annual Report would not be debated in Parliament this year. This was disappointing news for SUHAKAM because Parliament is the best platform to highlight human rights issues that require urgent action by the government. The Annual Report also contains SUHAKAM’s recommendations with regard to the vulnerable communities like indigenous peoples, women, children, victims of human trafficking, refugees and asylum seekers and migrant workers. We note that Section 21 of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 does not specifically state that Parliament has to debate the Annual Report. Nevertheless, SUHAKAM is of the view that it is crucial for Parliament to debate it so that members of parliament could critically discuss issues of public interest and propose possible solutions. SUHAKAM hopes that this debate would be continued in future years. 60 ANNUAL REPORT 2020