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Malaysia

Regional group:

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Council member:

2006-2007

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

2010-2011

2011-2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Council Bureau membership:	–
Coordinator of regional group:	1 (2016)
Voluntary financial contribution to OHCHR (2023) :

Other HRC positions:	Member of Consultative Group (2017-2018, 2021) Member of Working Group on Situations (2013)
OHCHR presence:	Human Rights Adviser
NHRI accreditation status:	A

National Mechanisms for Implementation, Reporting, and Follow-up (NMIRF): Unknown

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Malaysia has not been principal sponsor of any Council resolution.

Voting record

Since it first became a member of the Council in 2006, Malaysia has (in the absence of consensus) voted in favour of item 4 (situations that require the Council’s attention) resolutions on the Syrian Arab Republic; and against resolutions on the situations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2008) and Sudan. Malaysia has abstained during voting on resolutions on the situations in Belarus, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2009, 2011). For item 7 resolutions (human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories), Malaysia has always either voted in favour or joined consensus. On item 10 resolutions (capacity-building), Malaysia has joined consensus on all resolutions except for one that was voted on during its time as a member: on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Malaysia voted in favour). For thematic resolutions dealing with civil and political rights, Malaysia has generally joined consensus. Where there has been a vote, it has tended to vote in favour. Malaysia voted against resolutions on sexual orientation (2011) and the question of the death penalty (2013). For thematic resolutions dealing with economic, social and cultural rights, Malaysia has either joined consensus on, or has voted in favour of, all adopted texts.

HRC participation

During HRC general discussions, panel debates and interactive dialogues with the Special Procedures, during the past three years, either as an HRC member or not, the State has joined:

Regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 78

Subregional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 50

119

Political group
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 109

112

Cross-regional
group statements

Average of statements for all countries: 96

Other joint
statements

Average of statements for all countries: 5

HRC member empty chair?

Overall, as a HRC member, has participated in more than 10% of panel discussions, general debates and interactive dialogues.

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Completed
Invitation sent by the State not (yet) accepted by the SP
Accepted / date set
Visit request by the SP and not (yet) accepted by the State
Postponed / cancelled

Longest visit request not (yet) accepted by the State >
SR on human rights and counter terrorism, 2005

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Ratification status
Party Not Party
Individual complaint procedure accepted.
Reporting status

Submitted on time
Submitted late
Not applicable

On schedule
Overdue (outstanding)

CAT

ICCPR

CED

CEDAW

CERD

ICESCR

CRC

CRPD

Most overdue report

CRPD
11 Years

OP-CAT

Ratified

NPM established

Universal Periodic Review

Reported

(2009, 2013, 2018)

Mid-term report

3rd Cycle

Level of delegation

Deputy Minister

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 109 / 192

2^nd cycle: 161 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Cited in the Secretary General’s reports on 'alleged reprisals for cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights' (2010-2023)?

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 15

Malaysia tabled pledges and voluntary commitments in support for its candidacy for membership for the period 2010-2013 on 23 April 2010.

At national level, Malaysia pledged, inter alia, to: raise human rights awareness among all segments
of the population; establish policies to advance the rights of women; encourage dialogue between the
government and civil society; implement human rights conventions; and monitor the implementation
of accepted UPR recommendations.

Internationally, Malaysia made commitments, inter alia, to: deepen cooperation with the UN and its
mechanisms, further the UN’s development agenda, and work with partners under the ASEAN framework
to promote human rights in the region.

An analysis of Malaysia’s efforts to engage with the UN human rights system shows that it tends to participate in Council debates and dialogues; has accepted and facilitated around half of the Special Procedures’ visit requests and responded to over 60% of Special Procedures communications. Malaysia is yet to ratify five of the eight core international human rights instruments, and where it is party, it generally submits its periodic reports late.

Malaysia

Asia – Pacific Group (APG)

Engagement with the HRC

Principal sponsorship of HRC resolutions

Voting record

HRC participation

HRC member empty chair?

Cooperation with international human rights system

Special Procedures

Standing invitation

Communications responded to / received

Visits requests status

Treaty Bodies

Ratified

Reporting Status

Universal Periodic Review

Participation in other reviews 1st cycle: 109 / 192

2nd cycle: 161 / 192

Cooperation with the UN, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights

Fulfilment of past voluntary pledges & commitments

Specific voluntary pledges: 15

Participation in other reviews
1^st cycle: 109 / 192

2^nd cycle: 161 / 192