Group offers to help Putrajaya draft and review human rights laws

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It says it has experts to help draft the amendments for the government to consider. FMTNews

MCCHR chief strategist Firdaus Husni with Derrick Chan, New Sin Yew, Vince Tan and Surendra Ananth.

The Malaysian Center for Constitutional and Human Rights claims it has 30 local and international experts.It says the experts include members of the Bar Council, Sabah Law Society, academics, NGOs, Suhakam commissioners, government agency officials, and foreign experts from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

“It appears that what is required to accelerate the desired law and policy reforms is to provide the government with the required amendments to the relevant laws and policies.Firdaus Husni says the government had promised to review 113 laws but the progress has been slow due to a lack of resources and time.

Some of the acts the group is studying are the Freedom of Assembly and Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 and Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007.She attributed this to a lack of resources and time by ministers.

 

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