Edmund Bon

Harian Metro | Bekas Ketua Hakim Negara Richard Malanjum mengetuai Jawatankuasa Khas Kajian Hukuman Gantian Terhadap Hukuman Mati Mandatori. Selain Richard, sembilan ahli jawatankuasa itu terdiri daripada pakar perundangan, termasuk Pengasas Bersama dan Pengarah Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR), Edmund Bon.

Astro Awani | Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) yang melakukan kajian undang-undang mengenai hak asasi manusia, menawarkan bantuan kepada kerajaan bagi mengkaji semula 113 undang-undang, dan merancang untuk menghasilkan draf pindaan menjelang awal tahun hadapan.

Edmund Bon shared with Bursa Malaysia about the legal risks associated with human rights and the status of Malaysia’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.

Malay Mail | Following the decision by the director-general of industrial relations and subsequent rulings by the High Court in 2016 and the Court of Appeal in 2017, the Federal Court has upheld the findings that two banks “promoted” clerical staff to executives so that they would be excluded from the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE). NUBE lawyer Edmund Bon said that this ground-breaking ruling would be applicable to all other sectors and industries.

Malaysiakini | Edmund Bon commended PH for its consultative approach to governance but urged the government to be less “ultra-sensitive” to public opinion and right-wing groups, and to be more firm in pursuing human rights reforms including the signing of international treaties like ICERD and the Rome Statute.

Free Malaysia Today | Edmund Bon told a forum that it is misleading for certain quarters to claim the monarchs will lose their immunity if the government accedes to the Rome Statute. The privilege was already removed some 25 years ago, when the constitution was amended in 1993 to set up a special court to try rulers charged with committing crimes in a personal capacity.

Malaysiakini | Malaysia had given away immunity for the country’s rulers when it signed the Genocide Convention in 1994, which says that all immunities are removed, including the immunities for the head of state and leaders, said human rights lawyer Edmund Bon. The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was just an extension of the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Asia Business Law Journal | Corporate counsel around the region are keeping law firms on their toes with a demand for high quality and affordable legal advice, writes Vandana Chatlani.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia | The High Level Dialogue was a follow up to the AICHR Judicial Colloquium on the Sharing of Good Practices Regarding International Human Rights Law  held in 2017. In his welcoming remarks, Edmund Bon touched on the mandates of the Representatives of the AICHR, the various rights of accused persons as in the AHRD, and the nexus between human rights and SDG 16.

AICHR | The AICHR recognised that fair trial rights was expressly stated in the AHRD, and this Dialogue was important to learn about how the Judiciaries played their role to interpret and apply laws on this matter. Chief Justices, Senior Judges and members of the CACJ, representatives of the AICHR and the ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting, and regional human rights experts attended the Dialogue.