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
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.1.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the remaining core international human rights treaties
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
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
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.1.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expedite the ratification and implementation of the remaining six international human rights instruments, thereby publicly indicating the Government’s commitment to human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
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
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.1.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Finalize the ratification of and accession to outstanding core human rights instruments
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.1.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the remaining core international human rights treaties and ensure their proper implementation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 1 - Minimal action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.267
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to take further necessary measures to ensure protection of the rights of migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.266
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take necessary measures to prevent and punish all forms of violence against migrant workers, including hate crimes and racism
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.264
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Explore best practices adopted by the receiving countries for migrant workers, in line with relevant ILO conventions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- UPR process
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.261
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to enhance the transparency and efficiency of the recruitment system of migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.259
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts aimed at enhancing the safety and advancing the welfare of migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.230
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take further actions to protect children’s rights, especially access to public education, protection from child labour and sexual exploitation and prevention of sexual crimes against children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.220
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the efforts to guarantee the increase of the labour participation rate of women to 59 per cent in 2020, as stated in paragraph 89 of the national report
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.213
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to effectively protect women and children from human rights violations, including gender-based violence, child marriage and child labour
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.170
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify measures to improve working conditions, security and safety, and further improve education on individual and collective rights for migrant workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.117
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to combat child labour and trafficking in persons at the national, regional and international levels
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.115
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue providing physical, psychological and social integration assistance to victims of trafficking in persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.38
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Withdraw its reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which are instrumental to promoting greater respect for the rights of women, children and persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.36
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Sign and ratify the Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt more robust measures to protect the rights of migrant workers and members of their families, including by acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the ILO Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying core international human rights treaties to which it is not yet a party, including the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Speed up its deliberations on the signature and ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Racial discrimination
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all migrant workers, refugees and asylum seekers are treated in accordance with international standards, including respecting the principle of non-refoulement
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Duly investigate all cases of abuse of migrant domestic workers, bring perpetrators to justice and allow migrant workers full access to legal remedies
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance access to justice for foreign workers
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Justice
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the recruitment agencies for foreign workers fully comply with the applicable laws and regulation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Step up its efforts to protect the rights and to enhance the safety and welfare of foreign workers in Malaysia, particularly to secure better working conditions for domestic workers and better protection for those undocumented migrants
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Migrants
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019