human rights in daily practice. The Commission’s training programme explains the main international human rights instruments – the UDHR, ICCPR, CAT, CRC, CEDAW, and the Nelson Mandela Rules – all of which are related to the work of law enforcement personnel. But because the Government has yet to ratify most of these treaties, it is difficult for trainers to convince participants to apply the principles. Still, the Commission emphasises that they can apply the fundamental principles in their daily work. (a) Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) CHAPTER 2 As in previous years, this year the Commission received regular invitations from the Police Training School to give talks on human rights-related issues. Among the topics covered during these talks were the definition and the concept of human rights, international human rights mechanisms, as well as several other issues such as death in custody, excessive force by enforcement officers when dealing with civilians, issues arising during public rallies, and many more. (b) Local Authorities This year, the Commission continued its human rights course for enforcement officers from all the local councils in Selangor. The aim was to sensitise enforcement officers to human rights in the performance of their tasks. The Commission hopes to work closely with more local council authorities from other states in future, in providing human rights education. These programmes have successfully produced ideas on how local authorities could incorporate human rights values in the performance of their daily tasks. 4. THE WAY FORWARD The Commission will produce three human rights modules to be used by RMP, the prison department, and the civil service. Upon completion of these modules, the Commission hopes to sign MoUs with these agencies to formalise the collaboration to promote human rights education. The Commission also hopes that the MoE will increase the number of schools that will participate in the HRBPS programme. The Commission also has plans to produce an educational tool kit for schools. This tool kit will be used by schools to teach students about human rights during co-curricular activities and post-examination periods. The Commission hopes that the MOE 104 SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2016 suhakam 2new.indd 104 3/23/17 5:54 PM