Executive Summary REPORT OF THE COMPLAINTS, MONITORING AND INQUIRIES GROUP The Complaints and Monitoring Division received 624 complaints. For the first time, these were analysed on the basis of specific human rights that had allegedly been violated. The complaintshandling mechanism was upgraded to be more accessible and efficient. Also reviewed were procedures for submitting complaints, including improving the turnaround time for response. Prior to the public release of the Report of the National Inquiry into the Land Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Malaysia (NI Report) in August, the Inquiries Division briefed stakeholders in Sabah, Sarawak and Peninsular Malaysia on the findings. The Division later met with senior officials of the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development and the Orang Asli Development Department to raise relevant issues. In working on its campaign to end Immigration detention of children, the Division organised a Roundtable Discussion (RTD) to identify alternatives and procedural efficiency. A separate RTD sustained pressure for action against custodial deaths. Issues relating to freedom of assembly were another area that required attention. The Division monitored three public rallies – the ‘KL 112’ and Anti-Lynas protests and a demonstration against proposed amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act. REPORT OF THE RESEARCH AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT GROUP The Research and Policy Development Division embarked on research into two thematic studies relating to the Right to Education of Children with Learning Disabilities and the Rights of Older Persons – Care Services for Older Persons and Support for Caregivers. As part of its continuing focus on Human Rights and Business, research was conducted on alleged human rights violations by the logging and plantation industries; as well as on the likely impact on human rights of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. The Division monitored the implementation of Malaysia’s obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD). In anticipation of the submission of the State Reports to the relevant Treaty bodies, the Commission completed its Parallel Report on CEDAW; at the time of writing, it was in the process of completing its CRC and CRPD Reports. Discussions were held with government agencies and civil society groups on the feasibility of accession to four of the nine core human rights treaties: the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. The International Coordination Division assisted the Commission’s tasks on the global stage. As the new Chair of the Commonwealth Forum on National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI), the Commission led in the submission of a Communiqué to the Commonwealth Heads of 6