Pengerusi baharu Suruhanjaya Hak Asasi Manusia (Suhakam) akan berdepan cabaran getir dalam usaha meratifikasi Konvensyen Antarabangsa Mengenai Penghapusan Segala Bentuk Diskriminasi Kaum (ICERD), kata bekas menteri undang-undang, Zaid Ibrahim.
00:00The new chairman of the Human Rights Commission will face a challenge in trying to ratify the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of National Discrimination, said former Minister of Law Zaid Ibrahim.
00:16Zaid said Hishamuddin Yunus, who was appointed to office earlier this month, must be vigilant and keep his spirit up.
00:23The challenge is to ratify the ICERD is not like winning a gold medal in golf, but it is more difficult than that.
00:31Instead, he said, Hishamuddin can start with Suhaka to deal with more lighter issues related to fundamental rights, such as involving the police and the Malaysian Corruption Prevention Commission.
00:44On August 8, Hishamuddin expressed his hope that Putrajaya will sign international agreements such as ICERD and the 1951 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of National Discrimination before the end of its three-year term in July 2027.
