CHAPTER 1 SUHAKAM is excited to note that the proposal had been accepted by IPG and has been inserted in the Post-Graduate Diploma in Teaching Programme and Diploma in Teaching Programme since June 2020. 3. ONLINE LECTURES As part of SUHAKAM’s effort to adopt the new norms following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, SUHAKAM offered several government agencies and public universities online lectures on human rights. The government agencies were disinclined to have the online training sessions on grounds they were unable to provide the necessary facilities to enable their officials to attend the online training sessions. In September, SUHAKAM approached several public universities with the proposal to co-organise online lecture sessions for their students. SUHAKAM’s objectives of offering such sessions were: i. To enlighten the students on the human rights issues in Malaysia; ii. To share information on SUHAKAM’s work pertaining to human rights in Malaysia. For this year, two online sessions were held for Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM). a) Online Lecture for Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) The online session with UUM students was held on 30 June and attended by 70 participants. The session was co-organised with UUM’s School of International Studies (SOIS). Commissioner Datuk Lok Yim Pheng delivered a talk on ‘The Dilemma of Refugees in Malaysia’. The participants took the opportunity to raise their views on the topic, which included, among others: i. the need for Malaysia to have a legal and administrative framework for refugee protection, along with practical mechanisms to register and process asylum seekers and refugees. ii. the need for ASEAN countries to develop a refugee and asylum policy that includes guidance for action to be taken when a Member State’s internal issues cause their people to flee to neighbouring states. ANNUAL REPORT 2020 7