Malaysia’s Shame on the Human Rights Front
And we call ourselves a country that respects human rights?
And we call ourselves a country that respects human rights?
SHAH ALAM: The High Court yesterday ruled that pregnant women should not be discriminated from seeking employment. In a landmark ruling, judge Datuk Zaleha Yusof made her decision in favour of Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin, who took the government to court to seek a declaration that pregnancy is not a reason for her to be denied […]
The Joint Action Group for Gender Equality (JAG) applauds Justice Zaleha Yusof’s decision in the Shah Alam High Court yesterday in the matter of Noorfadilla Ahmad Saikin v Chayed Bin Basirun & 5 Ors. For the first time in Malaysian legal history, the court has held that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms […]
In the previous segment, we considered the the constitutional validity of Section 54. I shall now conclude with a consideration of Malaysia’s representations to the world, its international human rights obligations and the legitimate expectation of the people of Malaysia as well as other ancillary matters.
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