SUHAKAM will continue to collaborate
with the PWD and their organisations to
identify and highlight the problems they
encounter, including to identify laws that
may need to be revised or updated.
SUHAKAM organised a Seminar
Masjid Mesra OKU (Seminar on
Disabled-Friendly Mosques)
on 20 October, with the aim
of providing a platform for
discussing substantive issues,
including the needs of PWD
and their basic right to worship.
The session sought to identify
solutions and resolutions to
develop a policy to make
mosques disabled-friendly.
From 2012 to 2018, the government
studied and developed the National
Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP),
which was launched on 1 March 2018.
The Plan contains 294 action plans. It
was an important milestone in improving
the standing of human rights in Malaysia.
However, the plan has been found to
be inadequate. It has failed to take into
account certain human rights aspects.
This was attributed to the absence of
or minimal consultation with activists, advocates, CSOs, and even SUHAKAM, in the
development of the plan. SUHAKAM wants to be involved in any working meetings
and consultations to ensure that the plan will be further improved so that it is relevant
to the Malaysian context.
SUHAKAM collaborated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to
implement a project to support the development of Malaysia’s National Action Plan on
Business and Human Rights (NAPBHR) by promoting an understanding and application of
the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP). SUHAKAM also explored
various avenues by forming partnerships to promote greater respect and compliance
of human rights in the business operations of Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad
(FGV) and the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA). With The Forest Trust (TFT),
SUHAKAM co-organised a “Consultation on Children in the Plantations of Sabah”, to
address supply-chain issues focussing on children in the oil palm plantations of Sabah.
SUHAKAM has continued to engage with the international community through a
number of international human rights platforms, including the Southeast Asia National
Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF), Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights
Institutions (APF), Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (CFNHRI),
and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). One important
international engagement in the year was Malaysia’s Third Universal Periodic Review
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