b) Online Lecture for Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) On 5 December, SUHAKAM held an interactive online session on the issue of torture from a human rights perspective to students of USIM. A total of 35 students participated in the session. The students showed their interest on the topic by raising several interesting questions and opinions during the session, among others, on the factors that hinder Malaysia from ratifying UNCAT, alternative punishment to the death penalty and corporal punishment, the limit of force that the enforcement official could use during arrest and whether the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction over UNCAT state parties. 4. INVITATION TO DELIVER HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS AND TRAINING Despite the prevalence of COVID-19 infections, SUHAKAM did received and fulfilled several invitations to deliver human rights talks. Compliance with the NSC’s SOP was strictly observed during the face-to-face sessions. The details of the sessions are as in the Table 1. Table 1: List of ad-hoc human rights talks and trainings in 2020 Venue / No. Topic Date Platform 1. ‘Talk on Human Rights and 18 Feb. Kuala Right to Education’ at Orang Rompin, Asli Activists Camp 2020 Pahang organised by Jaringan Orang Asli Semenanjung (JOAS) 2. 8 ‘Talk on United Nations 15 Aug. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Rights to Native Customary Land’ at the Malaysian Care Awareness Programme for Orang Asli ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Pos Musuh, Tapah, Perak Number of Participants 17 persons 36 persons