Universal Periodic Review (UPR):
NGOs Launch Stakeholder Reports
to the Human Rights Council
by the Coalition of Malaysian NGOs

Malaysia is coming up for review by the Human Rights Council (HRC) in February 2009 whereby our country’s human rights record will be reviewed through a process called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). This is a crucial opportunity to highlight human rights issues in our country as NGOs are allowed to make their own submissions and recommendations to highlight issues of concern.

The Coalition of Malaysian NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO), the Malaysian Bar Council, Amnesty International (AI), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its Malaysian member organisation SUARAM, and the Migration Working Group (MWG) are among the NGOs which submitted their respective stakeholder reports on 8 September 2008 to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

A press conference was held to launch the Stakeholder Reports and share the contents.

Representatives from the organisations mentioned above who were present are:

1. Honey Tan, Jerald Joseph and John Liu from COMANGO
2. Nora Murat from Amnesty International
3. Andrew Khoo from the Bar Council
4. Alice Nah from Migration Working Group
5. Cynthia Gabriel from FIDH

Click here for the Joint Press Statement by COMANGO.

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