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Syndicates, Inspectorate of Schools and three teachers from ATHAM schools.
Several recommendations to improve the draft were given by the participants
during the discussion.
The draft would be printed in booklet form with other information on ATHAM
and would be distributed to all ATHAM schools in 2021.
2. DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING MODULES
As a step toward institutionalising and improving the human rights training in
government agencies, SUHAKAM has taken the initiative to develop human
rights training modules to be utilised by the specific agencies in their internal
training. SUHAKAM undertook drafting of training modules for the Prisons
Department, Royal Malaysia Police and Teachers’ Education Institute.
a) Human Rights and Detention: Human Rights Training Module for Prisons
Department of Malaysia
SUHAKAM and the Prisons Department organised several joint-programmes
to increase the understanding of prison officials on human rights. This year
SUHAKAM started to develop a training manual to assist the prison trainers
to conduct training on ‘Human Rights and Detention’ as part of the Prisons’
internal training.
The outline of the training manual that was being developed is as follows :
Module 1:
Module 2:
Module 3:
Module 4:
Module 5:
Introduction to SUHAKAM and Malaysian Prisons Department
Knowing the Rights and Challenges of Prison officials
Human Rights and Prison
Between Human Rights and Use of Force
Thematic Issues on Human Rights related to Prison and Detention
SUHAKAM would involve the Prisons Department in finalising the module
next year. It is our hope that with the publication of the manual next year,
it would further improve the training quality of the Prisons Department, in
particular the training on human rights principles and rules in prison work.
b) Human Rights Module for the Police
In the past, SUHAKAM had conducted training of trainers (TOT) for the police
and as a result of a series of sessions, the Police has internalised the human
rights training as a compulsory component in the police basic training.
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