151.27.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
151.27.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 18, 2020
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
151.12.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, as previously recommended
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.12.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Join the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.12.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- CP rights - general
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.48.3
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend an open standing invitation to the special procedure mandate holders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.48.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Extend an open invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.48.1
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider issuing a standing invitation to all special procedures of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Special procedures
- Date added
- May 1, 2020
151.250
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of national strategies and plans by providing all public services to persons with disabilities and redoubling efforts to integrate children with disabilities into the school system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.175
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to improve the quality of health-care services and to increase allocations for health in the national budget
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.268
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts to ensure access to primary and secondary education to asylum seekers and refugees and to offer them equal education opportunity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Right to education
- Date added
- Mar 3, 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
151.265
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase further efforts for social inclusion of migrant workers and integration with the local community, irrespective of their race and religion
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Freedom of religion and belief
- 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
151.263
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that all migrant workers and their families have access to medical services, including for sexual and reproductive health
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
- Right to health
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.262
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
In order to better safeguard the unity of the family, take steps to speed up the application process for permanent residence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Migrants
- 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
151.260
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the right to health and education is available, irrespective of citizenship and immigration status
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- 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
151.258
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure the rights of indigenous peoples in law and in practice, in particular regarding their right to traditional lands, territories and resources
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to land
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.257
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen policies and measures for the well-being of the indigenous peoples in Malaysia to uplift their economic and social status and benefit from the country’s economic development
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Indigenous peoples
- Right to development
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.256
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the implementation of plans and strategies to strengthen the economic and social well-being of indigenous peoples
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- Indigenous peoples
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.255
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the rights of indigenous peoples through the incorporation of the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in judicial and administrative procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Indigenous peoples
- International instruments
- Justice
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.254
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue its efforts to protect minorities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Minority rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.253
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with efforts to fulfil the rights of persons with disabilities and facilitate their access to public places
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.252
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to advance the rights of persons with disabilities, including by adjusting public places and transforming them into friendly spaces for persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.251
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Develop programmes to strengthen the integration of children with disabilities and refugees in its school system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Asylum-seekers - refugees
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.249
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts so that children with disabilities have sufficient access to education and health care
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Right to health
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.248
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Increase efforts to implement legal measures and public policies that guarantee the right to education to persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Right to education
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.247
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to advance the rights of persons with disabilities, including by ensuring that public places are friendly to persons with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.246
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to promote the rights of people with disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.245
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Respect the human rights of persons with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Disability rights
- International instruments
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.244
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat violence against children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.243
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify measures to address issues of child marriages
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.242
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts to fully eliminate child, early and forced marriages
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.241
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Promote and protect the rights of women and children, with particular attention to the fight against child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.240
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the legal age for marriage is set at 18 years of age and do its utmost to eradicate and prevent child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
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
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.238
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue actions to combat child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
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
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
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
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.235
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Introduce effective measures to prevent child marriage and ensure their implementation in all states of Malaysia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.234
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take early action to raise the minimum age for marriage to comply with international child rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.233
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to raise the age of marriage to 18 years of age, in order to avoid early and forced child marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Statelessness and the right to nationality
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.232
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ensure that the legal age for marriage is set at 18 years of age with no exceptions, as established under international human rights standards
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.231
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue to ensure the physical and emotional safety and welfare of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- 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
151.229
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to improve the protection of children from abuse
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.228
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Abolish corporal punishment in the legal system
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.227
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with measures aimed at facilitating the schooling of children in rural and remote areas, and include in its Criminal Code the prohibition of all forms of female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.226
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue the enactment of legislation to protect children from all forms of ill-treatment and violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020
151.225
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 31 - November 2018
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue efforts to combat child abuse, including through the elimination of caning in education facilities
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Right to education
- Rights of the Child
- Date added
- Mar 3, 2020