Spread across two regions of land, separated by the South China Sea, Malaysia shares borders with Thailand, Indonesia and Brunei. Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy. Alongside a parliament, the monarch is also elected for a five year term...
[9 November 2013] -
Child Rights Coalition Malaysia (CRCM) is deeply concerned about the recent arrest of two Penan children at a blockade at the Murum dam in Ulu Belaga, Sarawak. Newspaper reports indicate that the first child, age 13 years...
Summary: Our research indicates that in Malaysia people may be lawfully sentenced to death, corporal punishment and life imprisonment for crimes committed while under the age of 18.
This report was submitted ahead of the 17th Session of the...
WAY is planning to organize two international events this coming June:
- The 13th Melaka International Youth Dialogue “Youth Migration: A Step from Haven”, 24-26 June 2013
and
- The Global Forum “Breaking the Barriers...
Summary: Report on life imprisonment sentences for children in the Commonwealth States.In 2010 CRIN, together with other partners, launched a campaign for the prohibition of inhuman sentencing of children- defined to include sentences of death, life...
To educate the public, the bar (lawyers), and the judiciary (judges) about the harm caused by all forms of childhood genital cutting, including female genital cutting (also known as female genital mutilation or FGM), male genital cutting (also known...
[20 September 2012] - We urge the government to implement sex and sexuality education in schools instead of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) guidelines that may cause discrimination and bullying against children.
Instead of...
Summary: The seminars have been allegedly endorsed by the country's Education Ministry, while previously in March the federal government made reference to the “problem” of homosexuality. [14 September 2012] - Seminars to help teachers and parents...
Summary: This report summarises individual observations and direct requests issued by the ILO Committee of Experts related to child labour conventions. To view the full reports, go to the NORMLEX database (http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index....
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Developments on the use of the death penalty in 2011 confirmed the global trend towards abolition. The number of countries that were...
