Posts Tagged ‘ Universal Declaration of Human Rights ’

Conversations on the Constitution: Anand Grover and the Right to Health

28 October, 2009
By Michael Loo Yeong Huei
Conversations on the Constitution: Anand Grover and the Right to Health

Yeoh Yen Kee Recently, I came across news about 19-year old, Yeoh Yen Kee. She obtained 11As for SPM, and was to pursue her dream to study medicine. She was awarded a scholarship to study in the Czech Republic. However, in 2008, she was diagnosed with leukemia and could not proceed with that plan. After undergoing...
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The problem with some Islamic scholars: Reply to Dr Wan Azhar on “Human Rightism” & Religion

28 September, 2009
By Aston Paiva

I write this in response to the article entitled “Human Rightism” vs Religion by one Dr Wan Azhar Wan Ahmad, appearing on September 22, 2009 in The Star. I have for awhile now seen the articles of the learned Doctor appear in The Star and I must, at the very outset, state that I...
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Welcome Address to the Bar Council Human Rights Debate

14 December, 2008
By Lord Bobo

An edited version of Mr. Edmund Bon's opening speech at the inaugural Bar Council Human Rights Debate given on 9 December 2008. In his speech his explains the germination and eventual evolution of human rights and its development within the framework of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights ('UDHR'). He also discusses the qualities...
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