Year Cases Outcome Jan 2011 Kristie Chan vs NRD (trans woman) • Case was heard before Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim in Ipoh High Court. Ruling was made in chambers. Dismissed with costs (high court) Oct 2015 Kristie Chan vs NRD (trans woman) • Case was heard before Judicial Commissioner Ridwan Ibrahim in Ipoh High Court. Ruling was made in chambers. Dismissed, no costs (court of appeal) Sept 2014 Kelvin Fau vs NRD (trans man) • Case was heard in KL high court before Justice Zaleha Yusof • Change name, gender & last digit in national identification card • To quash the rejected application Application dismissed with cost June 2015 Maha Laksmi Rajoo vs NRD (trans woman) • Case was heard in KL high court before Justice Asmabi Mohamad Application dismissed with cost July 2016 Tan vs NRD (trans man) • Case was heard in Kuala Lumpur High Court before Justice Nathan Balan • Change of name, gender marker and last digit of the serial number in IC Successful. Decision was overturned in January 2017 following an appeal by the National Registration Department UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK: TREATIES AND CHARTER BASED 52. 30 There are numerous international instruments that create obligations on the state to prevent violence and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. Referring to international customary human rights laws - the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) have strongly stated the non-discrimination and protection of individual rights which include all human beings. Therefore, the principle of nondiscrimination is a cross cutting component in major international human rights laws. This also extend to other human rights mechanism including charter based mechanisms such as the Human Rights Council and Special Procedures. | Report On Transgender Persons In KL And Selangor