Malay Mail | The Federal Court unanimously decided that a legal provision which makes it illegal for an organiser to not inform police five days before a peaceful rally — the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012’s section 9(5) — is unconstitutional and is no longer a valid law in Malaysia.
AICHR | Roundtable participants exchanged perspectives and various approaches to promoting religious harmony in Southeast Asia. They also discussed ways to manage differences between the diverse religious groups in the region, and AICHR’s role in promoting dialogue, capacity building, and sharing best practices towards building resilient and cohesive societies in ASEAN.
The Vibes | AICHR is convening a two-day regional workshop focused on developing a gender lens framework to address gender-based challenges, structural and cultural discrimination, and to enhance the protection of the rights of women and girls. The workshop was led by Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR and Chair of AICHR for 2025.
Bernama | Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR, Edmund Bon, berkata meskipun ASEAN telah mencapai kemajuan dalam mempromosikan kesaksamaan gender, wanita di rantau ini masih berdepan halangan struktur yang menghalang penyertaan penuh mereka dalam membuat keputusan dan kehidupan ekonomi.
The Malaysian Reserve | The two-day Regional Workshop on Gender Lens Perspective on Business and Human Rights, hosted by Malaysia, focuses on how a regional gender lens framework can help address gender-based barriers, combat structural and cultural discrimination, and improve the rights of women and girls.
Bernama | ASEAN must work towards a cohesive and enforceable legal framework to eliminate gender-based discrimination in the business sector, said SUHAKAM Vice-Chairperson Tengku Mohamed Fauzi Tengku Abdul Hamid. He said that the region still lacks binding legislation and institutional accountability to effectively address gender-related harms in business environments.
The Star | Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR Edmund Bon emphasised that gender discrimination in business settings remains both a cause and a consequence of broader inequality, particularly for women and girls, and should be recognised as a form of violence. He said structural and cultural discrimination is also a form of violence, and needs to be localised.
Kementerian Luar Negeri Malaysia | AICHR akan menganjurkan Bengkel Serantau mengenai Perspektif Lensa Gender dalam Perniagaan dan Hak Asasi Manusia di ASEAN, yang akan membincangkan rangka kerja lensa gender serantau dalam menangani cabaran berasaskan gender.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | AICHR’s regional workshop will explore how a regional gender lens framework can address gender-based barriers, tackle structural and cultural discrimination, and strengthen the protection of the human rights of women and girls.
Business Today | The regional workshop will explore a gender lens framework to tackle discrimination, enhance protection of women and girls’ rights, and implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It will also address barriers in accessing remedies, contributing to ASEAN’s inclusive and sustainable development goals under ASEAN Community Vision 2045.
Eco Business | The Malaysian winner of the Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List says channelling hope and anger into meaningful action is how every Southeast Asian can help protect a region disproportionately affected by climate change. To develop environmental solutions, there must be recognition that environmental issues are holistic, not just economic or political.
AICHR | The meeting encouraged a long-term programmatic perspective that allows AICHR to be responsive, relevant, agile, innovative, decisive and future-ready in addressing global and regional human rights challenges in accordance with the ASEAN Vision 2045 and ASEAN principles of consensus, unity, and Centrality.
AICHR | The ASEAN guideline on the non-punishment principle provides practical direction on implementing the non-punishment principle, ensuring that victims of trafficking are not penalised for unlawful acts they were compelled to commit as a direct consequence of their trafficking experience.
Free Malaysia Today | The High Court will hear Muhyiddin Yassin’s bid to refer legal questions to the apex court on the validity of certain provisions under the Sedition Act on Aug 28. The court was told that the defence and prosecution had agreed on the date. Lawyers Joshua Tay and Lee Yee Woei appeared for Muhyiddin.
BFM | Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed an application with the High Court to refer eight constitutional questions to the Federal Court regarding his entitlement to immunity in a civil suit filed against him by Yusoff Rawther, alleging sexual assault. New Sin Yew addressed what this unprecedented bid means for our legal system and the broader implications for public office holders.
AICHR | During their inaugural Interface Meeting, AICHR and the Republic of Korea discussed business and human rights, access to justice, new and emerging digital technologies, rights to health, persons with disabilities, environment and climate change, and strengthening human rights mechanisms.
AICHR | The meeting featured an open dialogue and interactive engagement on children’s rights, focusing on issues relating to the development of the 2nd ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Children.
AICHR | Several issues were discussed, including the rights of migrant workers, women and children, and persons with disabilities; the right to development; business and human rights; transnational organised crimes; digital rights; human rights and the environment; and economic inequalities.
AICHR | At the 8th Interface Meeting between AICHR and the EU, thematic areas discussed included the rights to development, peace, and a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, digital rights, sustainable connectivity, rights of vulnerable groups, and business and human rights.
AICHR | AICHR and AUN-HRE discussed potential collaborations, including greater engagement with the youth on human rights, and advancing a framework integrating human rights and peace in higher-level education institutions.
Malay Mail | The Federal Court unanimously decided that a legal provision which makes it illegal for an organiser to not inform police five days before a peaceful rally — the Peaceful Assembly Act 2012’s section 9(5) — is unconstitutional and is no longer a valid law in Malaysia.
AICHR | Roundtable participants exchanged perspectives and various approaches to promoting religious harmony in Southeast Asia. They also discussed ways to manage differences between the diverse religious groups in the region, and AICHR’s role in promoting dialogue, capacity building, and sharing best practices towards building resilient and cohesive societies in ASEAN.
The Vibes | AICHR is convening a two-day regional workshop focused on developing a gender lens framework to address gender-based challenges, structural and cultural discrimination, and to enhance the protection of the rights of women and girls. The workshop was led by Edmund Bon Tai Soon, Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR and Chair of AICHR for 2025.
Bernama | Wakil Malaysia ke AICHR, Edmund Bon, berkata meskipun ASEAN telah mencapai kemajuan dalam mempromosikan kesaksamaan gender, wanita di rantau ini masih berdepan halangan struktur yang menghalang penyertaan penuh mereka dalam membuat keputusan dan kehidupan ekonomi.
The Malaysian Reserve | The two-day Regional Workshop on Gender Lens Perspective on Business and Human Rights, hosted by Malaysia, focuses on how a regional gender lens framework can help address gender-based barriers, combat structural and cultural discrimination, and improve the rights of women and girls.
Bernama | ASEAN must work towards a cohesive and enforceable legal framework to eliminate gender-based discrimination in the business sector, said SUHAKAM Vice-Chairperson Tengku Mohamed Fauzi Tengku Abdul Hamid. He said that the region still lacks binding legislation and institutional accountability to effectively address gender-related harms in business environments.
The Star | Malaysia’s Representative to AICHR Edmund Bon emphasised that gender discrimination in business settings remains both a cause and a consequence of broader inequality, particularly for women and girls, and should be recognised as a form of violence. He said structural and cultural discrimination is also a form of violence, and needs to be localised.
Kementerian Luar Negeri Malaysia | AICHR akan menganjurkan Bengkel Serantau mengenai Perspektif Lensa Gender dalam Perniagaan dan Hak Asasi Manusia di ASEAN, yang akan membincangkan rangka kerja lensa gender serantau dalam menangani cabaran berasaskan gender.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | AICHR’s regional workshop will explore how a regional gender lens framework can address gender-based barriers, tackle structural and cultural discrimination, and strengthen the protection of the human rights of women and girls.
Business Today | The regional workshop will explore a gender lens framework to tackle discrimination, enhance protection of women and girls’ rights, and implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It will also address barriers in accessing remedies, contributing to ASEAN’s inclusive and sustainable development goals under ASEAN Community Vision 2045.
Eco Business | The Malaysian winner of the Sustainability Leadership Youth A-List says channelling hope and anger into meaningful action is how every Southeast Asian can help protect a region disproportionately affected by climate change. To develop environmental solutions, there must be recognition that environmental issues are holistic, not just economic or political.
AICHR | The meeting encouraged a long-term programmatic perspective that allows AICHR to be responsive, relevant, agile, innovative, decisive and future-ready in addressing global and regional human rights challenges in accordance with the ASEAN Vision 2045 and ASEAN principles of consensus, unity, and Centrality.
AICHR | The ASEAN guideline on the non-punishment principle provides practical direction on implementing the non-punishment principle, ensuring that victims of trafficking are not penalised for unlawful acts they were compelled to commit as a direct consequence of their trafficking experience.
Free Malaysia Today | The High Court will hear Muhyiddin Yassin’s bid to refer legal questions to the apex court on the validity of certain provisions under the Sedition Act on Aug 28. The court was told that the defence and prosecution had agreed on the date. Lawyers Joshua Tay and Lee Yee Woei appeared for Muhyiddin.
BFM | Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim has filed an application with the High Court to refer eight constitutional questions to the Federal Court regarding his entitlement to immunity in a civil suit filed against him by Yusoff Rawther, alleging sexual assault. New Sin Yew addressed what this unprecedented bid means for our legal system and the broader implications for public office holders.
AICHR | During their inaugural Interface Meeting, AICHR and the Republic of Korea discussed business and human rights, access to justice, new and emerging digital technologies, rights to health, persons with disabilities, environment and climate change, and strengthening human rights mechanisms.
AICHR | The meeting featured an open dialogue and interactive engagement on children’s rights, focusing on issues relating to the development of the 2nd ASEAN Regional Plan of Action on the Elimination of Violence against Children.
AICHR | Several issues were discussed, including the rights of migrant workers, women and children, and persons with disabilities; the right to development; business and human rights; transnational organised crimes; digital rights; human rights and the environment; and economic inequalities.
AICHR | At the 8th Interface Meeting between AICHR and the EU, thematic areas discussed included the rights to development, peace, and a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, digital rights, sustainable connectivity, rights of vulnerable groups, and business and human rights.
AICHR | AICHR and AUN-HRE discussed potential collaborations, including greater engagement with the youth on human rights, and advancing a framework integrating human rights and peace in higher-level education institutions.
