Press Release

MALAYSIA’S FOURTH UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW AT THE UNITED NATIONS

 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

25 JANUARY 2024

Malaysia will present its National Report for the Fourth Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on 25 January 2024.

The Malaysian delegation will be led by Deputy Secretary-General for Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Dato’ Bala Chandran Tharman, accompanied by officials from the Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations in Geneva and relevant Ministries and Agencies. This will be Malaysia’s fourth review of its human rights record. Previous reviews were in 2009, 2013 and 2018.

The UPR is an intergovernmental process established under the UN Human Rights Council framework to review human rights’ records of each UN Member State once every four and a half years. It provides an avenue for each State under review to highlight measures and efforts undertaken to improve human rights in its country. The Council also serves as a peer review platform for all UN Member States to provide recommendations and share best practices in a constructive dialogue to facilitate promotion and protection of human rights.

Malaysia’s National Report was a collective effort involving a whole-of-society approach, with consultations with various stakeholders, including civil society and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM). The Report focuses on the progress and achievements by Malaysia in the promotion of human rights from November 2018 to October 2023.

Malaysia’s participation in the Fourth UPR demonstrates its unwavering commitment to advancing the human rights agenda in the country. It also underlines the unwavering commitment by the Unity Government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim, to place human rights as a priority in Malaysia’s national development agenda.

PUTRAJAYA

25 January 2024