CHAPTER 4 - REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WORKING GROUP ...the Government should give refugees access to education, employment and healthcare services while they await verification of their status and resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. • Refugees’ right to work The Government should implement a work scheme that involves the issuance of a Refugee Card Scheme (or the IMM13 permit) on discretion, as provided by Section 55 of the Immigration Act, as an interim measure to alleviate the hardship faced by refugees. • Refugees’ right to basic social services It was unanimously agreed the Government should give refugees access to education, employment and healthcare services while they await verification of their status and resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. More importantly, access to these services should be ensured for children of refugees and unaccompanied minors. • Protection of the Rohingya in their country of origin The oppression of the Rohingya in Myanmar stems from the fact that the Myanmar Government does not recognise this ethnic group. Malaysia, together with ASEAN MemberStates, could lend a hand in stopping the atrocities by identifying comprehensive and sustainable solutions in dialogue with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights and its Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children. (iii) Rights of the sexual minorities • Public awareness of issues The public must be made aware of the rights of all human beings without distinction; of constitutional provisions on the protection of human rights; and the spirit and core values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the Yogyakarta Principles. Research findings of Projek Kasturi should be disseminated to highlight issues confronting the sexual minorities like lesbians, bisexual women and the transgender. Public service messages are required to promote this group’s rights. Non-judgmental, just and fair education on sexual health should be provided in schools, while pregnant schoolgirls should not be discriminated against and stigmatised. • 76 Protection from violence In discussing cases of violence against the sexual minorities, the RTD recommended the full implementation of the CEDAW Committee’s Concluding Comments at the 35th Session relating to violence against women. There is a need to establish legal and other forms of protection and redress in the event of violence against the sexual minorities, in full consultation with them. Laws should also be enforced against vigilantism toward the sexual minorities, while the Domestic Violence Act 1994 could be expanded to include the protection of the sexual minorities.