151.1.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to accede to the core international conventions on human rights and fundamental freedoms to which Malaysia is not yet a party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
151.1.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Advance in the ratification, accession and adhesion to the basic, core human rights treaties, as mentioned by the delegation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
151.1.7
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify and implement all remaining core human rights treaties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
151.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to enhance the rule of law, to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and to eliminate all forms of discrimination, in compliance with international standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts and engage in a structured interfaith dialogue, including religious minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Minority rights
151.97
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with abolishing the death penalty and adopt a moratorium on the execution of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
151.208
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts for gender equality and allow Malaysian women to pass on their citizenship to their children and spouses
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts for strengthening Malaysia's National Human Rights Commission
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue Malaysia's commitment to provide equal access to health services and education
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to enhance its activities towards the eradication of poverty in all its states and share its experiences with other countries
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Poverty
151.144
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in the area of free speech to create a safe and enabling environment for the media and civil society and, in this regard, repeal the Printing and Publication Act, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its positive actions for further promoting the rights of disabled people
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
151.23
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider acceding to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees before the next review of the country by this Working Group
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- CP rights - general
- International instruments
151.56
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Prioritize the early submission of anti-discrimination legislation to Parliament
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Other
151.104
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the adoption of a moratorium on executions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Death penalty
151.137
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Rescind or revise the Sedition Act, Security Offences Act and Communications and Multimedia Act, which negatively affect freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
151.236
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review all relevant laws to set the minimum legal age for marriage for all males and females at 18 years
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
151.239
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review all relevant legislation with a view to setting the minimum legal age for marriage for all persons at 18 years of age
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, and allowing refugees and other migrants to seek employment while they await resettlement or other durable solutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- International instruments
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review recent amendments to the Prevention of Crime Act, as well as implementation of the Security Offences Act, for consistency with international human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Public security
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Broaden the review of the death penalty with a view of eliminating mandatory death sentencing for capital offences and commute all death sentences to terms of imprisonment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize the review of the mandatory nature of the death penalty, maintain a moratorium and ultimately move to abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
151.237
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review state and federal laws to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 for everyone in Malaysia and adopt policies to discourage child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider amending the Internal Security Act and bring domestic security legislation in line with international human rights standards, including through increasing legal safeguards of detainees and abolishing the practice of long detention without trial
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider an alternative to indefinite preventive detention such as criminal prosecutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Review its Police Act to enhance its citizens' ability to exercise the right to peaceful assembly
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 1 (2008 - 2012)
- Session
- 4 - February 2009
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider the establishment of a moratorium on the use of death penalty with a view to its abolition.
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
151.66
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen human rights training at all levels of the Administration and relevant agencies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
151.70
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Guarantee the right of everyone to equal protection under the law, in conformity with Malaysia’s international commitments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
151.78
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons, in law and in practice, against any form of violence, harassment or discrimination and ensure the full enjoyment of all their fundamental human rights and freedoms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity