Date Organiser Details 3 November Jawatankuasa Kawasan Rukun Tetangga (KRT) Perumahan Awam Seri Negeri Sembilan, Bandar Baru Sentul This was held in conjunction with the programme “Karnival Masyarakat Penyayang” in Kuala Lumpur. 22 November SUHAKAM This was held in conjunction with the Commission’s “SUHAKAM Bersama Masyarakat” programme in Langkawi Island, Kedah. 8 December SUHAKAM This was held in conjunction with the celebration of the 2018 Human Rights Day in Kuala Lumpur. 3. Empowerment of Youth SUHAKAM continued to educate and empower youths on human rights principles through its “Youth for Rights” programme that was held in various local universities. During the year, SUHAKAM conducted a total of 7 workshops and reached out to 1,535 youths from various local universities and youth groups as follows: a) Universiti Selangor (UNISEL) and Members of Malaysian Youth Parliament, Shah Alam, Selangor, 31 March b) University Kuala Lumpur (UniKL), Kuala Lumpur, 2 May c) Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS), Kuala Kangsar, Perak, 27 June d) INTI International University & Colleges, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, 26 September e) Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, 3 October f) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, 12 November g) Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Gambang, Pahang, 28 November As with the previous year, SUHAKAM continued to survey the perception of youths to gauge their understanding of human rights as well as the work and functions of SUHAKAM. This was the feedback from 552 young respondents: i. Almost all, 95% of the respondents, opined that human rights were basic rights and that freedoms belonged inherently to all human beings while 4% perceived human rights as basic rights belonging to certain groups. The remaining 1% viewed human rights as foreign values or western ideology. ii. A large majority, that is 79% of them believed that human rights protect all people including detainees and inmates while 17% opined that human rights protect politicians. Of the remaining, 2% thought that human rights protect children and women and 2% confined human rights protection to persons with disabilities only. 44 SUHAKAM ANNUAL REPORT 2018