Summary: General overview of Malaysia's national legal provisions on children's rights, including guidance on how to conduct further research.National laws on children's rights
Status of the CRC in national lawIn Malaysian law, ratified treaties...
Summary: Information about institutions in Malaysia that monitor children's rights.Children's Ombudsperson
The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) was established in 1999 under the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act, and is tasked...
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does not include reports of child specific Special Procedures, such as the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child...
Life sentences in countries that practice inhuman sentencing.
Antigua and Barbuda
Life sentence for treason regardless of age: The Treason Act (article 8) sets a mandatory life sentence for treason offences, and the government has reported that this...
This 22nd annual World Report summarises human rights conditions in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide in 2011. It reflects extensive investigative work that Human Rights Watch staff has undertaken during the year, often in close...
Menu: The concept of Ombudsperson | Why establish an Ombudsperson? | An Ombudsperson for children | The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) | Why an Ombudsperson for children? | ...
Summary: More than 1,300 civil society delegates representing various civil society organisations, including children's rights NGOs, presented a set of recommendations to the government leaders attending the 17th ASEAN Summit which began on 7 May...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
Summary: International review, comparison, and analysis of child-friendly justice practices in various jurisdictions.“Please leave me alone. Don’t ask me any more questions about this. I want to forget.”This is the testimony of an...
Report detailing the legality of inhuman sentencing against children in Malaysia. Persons convicted of an offence committed under the age of 18 may lawfully be sentenced to capital punishment, corporal punishment and life imprisonment.
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