N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Amend or repeal both the Sedition Act and the Printing Presses and Publication Act, to bring Malaysia's domestic security legislation in line with its international human rights commitments on the freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly, and association
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of the press
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Cease the practice of detaining trafficking victims, and allow them to travel, work and reside outside government facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Trafficking
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
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
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Support the amendment of relevant provisions of the Labour Code, curb unwarranted intervention by security forces and end anti-union discriminatory practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Labour rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish policies and procedures that protect the human rights and security of all Nigerians including LGBT persons, their families and associates
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reform its administrative justice system, including by eliminating "re-education through labour", and ratify the ICCPR
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- Detention
- International instruments
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
End the use of harassment, detention, arrest, and extralegal measures such as enforced disappearance to control and silence human rights activists as well as their family members and friends
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Enforced disappearances
- Human rights defenders
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Reform existing laws that can be used to discriminate against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons, including the provision of "unnatural crime" laws prohibiting "carnal intercourse against the order of nature"
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide state authorities, including law enforcement and judicial officials, with human rights training for the protection of women and members of minority groups, such as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Minority rights
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Adopt laws to protect freedoms of association, expression and religion, and give all individuals a legal basis to form NGOs without interference
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Civil society
- Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
- Freedom of opinion and expression
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider ways to further ensure the independence of the judiciary, such as vesting the High Council of Judges and Prosecutors in the Constitution
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Justice
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider enacting Venice Commission recommendations to bring some of its laws formally in line with its already democratic practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Corruption
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Evaluate regulations and laws, including those which grant the Orthodox Rabbinate the right to determine policies affecting non-Orthodox Jews and non Jews, to ensure that they do not discriminate against persons, especially women, based on their religious beliefs or lack thereof
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- Racial discrimination
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Implement a process for the independent investigation of allegations of torture and ill-treatment by law enforcement officers and improve the ability to prosecute those found responsible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 17 - October 2013
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Appoint a prison ombudsperson to deploy to local prisons to respond to prisoners' complaints
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Detention
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
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