CHAPTER 1 CHALLENGES = 9
CHAPTER 2 THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS = 15
CHAPTER 3 ISSUES IN FOCUS = 23
(i) Accessibility to Basic Needs = 25
(ii) Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities = 31
(iii) Trafficking in Women and Children = 37
(iv) Detention Centres = 41
(v) Legislation Restricting Personal Liberty = 47
(vi) CEDAW : Rights, Obligations and Implementation = 49
(vii) Human Rights in Schools = 55
CHAPTER 4 MALAYSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2003 = 59
CHAPTER 5 REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND PROMOTION WORKING GROUP = 71
CHAPTER 6 REPORT OF THE LAW REFORM AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES WORKING GROUP = 79
CHAPTER 7 REPORT OF THE COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES WORKING GROUP = 87
CHAPTER 8 REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WORKING GROUP = 95
CHAPTER 9 REPORT OF THE SECRETARIAT = 101
CHAPTER 10 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS = 105
CHAPTER 11 REPORTS FROM SUHAKAM OFFICES IN SABAH AND SARAWAK = 117
(i) Activities of SUHAKAM in Sabah = 119
(ii) Activities of SUHAKAM in Sarawak = 123
CHAPTER 12 MOVING FORWARD = 127
A P P E N D I C E S
I SUHAKAM Roadshows in Sabah and Sarawak = 133
II Media Statement - SUHAKAM Report : Public Inquiry into the Conditions of Detention Under the Internal Security Act 1960. = 135
III Media Statement - SUHAKAM Report on the "Review of the Internal Security Act 1960"Calls for New Anti-Subversion Law = 139
IV Media Statement - Release of ISA Detainees = 143
V Media Statement - Follow Guidelines onFreedom of Assembly = 145
VI Media Statement - Prisons Department Should Take Over Management of More Immigration Depots = 147
VII Media Statement - Resolve Land Disputes of the Semai Orang Asli = 155
VIII Media Statement - Ensure Human Rights of 13 Student Arrested Under the ISA are Protected = 157
IX Media Statement - Deportation of Eight Achehnese Put on Hold = 159
X Media Statement - Special Counters in Road Transport Department Upholds Rights of People With Disabilities = 161
XI Media Statement - Fate of Students Still Detained Under the Internal Security Act (ISA) = 163
XII Media Statement - SUHAKAM to Hold Public Inquiry = 165
XIII Media Statement - Penal Code Amendments . Chapter on Offences Relating to Terrorism = 167
XIV Media Statement - Government Should Protect the Human Rights of Citizens in All Spheres of Life = 171
XV Talks, Seminars and Conferences . National = 173
XVI Seminars and Conferences . International = 174
XVII SUHAKAM Dialogues = 175
XVIII Visitors to SUHAKAM = 176
XIX Government Response to SUHAKAM Reports in 2000 and 2001 = 177
XX Government Response to SUHAKAM Reports in 2002 = 275
XXI SUHAKAM Audited Accounts = 329
CHAPTER 2 THE STATE OF HUMAN RIGHTS = 15
CHAPTER 3 ISSUES IN FOCUS = 23
(i) Accessibility to Basic Needs = 25
(ii) Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities = 31
(iii) Trafficking in Women and Children = 37
(iv) Detention Centres = 41
(v) Legislation Restricting Personal Liberty = 47
(vi) CEDAW : Rights, Obligations and Implementation = 49
(vii) Human Rights in Schools = 55
CHAPTER 4 MALAYSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2003 = 59
CHAPTER 5 REPORT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND PROMOTION WORKING GROUP = 71
CHAPTER 6 REPORT OF THE LAW REFORM AND INTERNATIONAL TREATIES WORKING GROUP = 79
CHAPTER 7 REPORT OF THE COMPLAINTS AND INQUIRIES WORKING GROUP = 87
CHAPTER 8 REPORT OF THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS WORKING GROUP = 95
CHAPTER 9 REPORT OF THE SECRETARIAT = 101
CHAPTER 10 HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS AND PRACTICES IN SCHOOLS = 105
CHAPTER 11 REPORTS FROM SUHAKAM OFFICES IN SABAH AND SARAWAK = 117
(i) Activities of SUHAKAM in Sabah = 119
(ii) Activities of SUHAKAM in Sarawak = 123
CHAPTER 12 MOVING FORWARD = 127
A P P E N D I C E S
I SUHAKAM Roadshows in Sabah and Sarawak = 133
II Media Statement - SUHAKAM Report : Public Inquiry into the Conditions of Detention Under the Internal Security Act 1960. = 135
III Media Statement - SUHAKAM Report on the "Review of the Internal Security Act 1960"Calls for New Anti-Subversion Law = 139
IV Media Statement - Release of ISA Detainees = 143
V Media Statement - Follow Guidelines onFreedom of Assembly = 145
VI Media Statement - Prisons Department Should Take Over Management of More Immigration Depots = 147
VII Media Statement - Resolve Land Disputes of the Semai Orang Asli = 155
VIII Media Statement - Ensure Human Rights of 13 Student Arrested Under the ISA are Protected = 157
IX Media Statement - Deportation of Eight Achehnese Put on Hold = 159
X Media Statement - Special Counters in Road Transport Department Upholds Rights of People With Disabilities = 161
XI Media Statement - Fate of Students Still Detained Under the Internal Security Act (ISA) = 163
XII Media Statement - SUHAKAM to Hold Public Inquiry = 165
XIII Media Statement - Penal Code Amendments . Chapter on Offences Relating to Terrorism = 167
XIV Media Statement - Government Should Protect the Human Rights of Citizens in All Spheres of Life = 171
XV Talks, Seminars and Conferences . National = 173
XVI Seminars and Conferences . International = 174
XVII SUHAKAM Dialogues = 175
XVIII Visitors to SUHAKAM = 176
XIX Government Response to SUHAKAM Reports in 2000 and 2001 = 177
XX Government Response to SUHAKAM Reports in 2002 = 275
XXI SUHAKAM Audited Accounts = 329