Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges

Children with disabilities require protection of their rights from the society. They are disabled because society excluded, discriminated and encouraging negative stigma against them. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) especially Article 7 has mentioned that the Stat...

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Main Authors:	Md. Tah, Ikmal Hisham, Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	The Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2016
Subjects:	JC Political theory KPG Malaysia L Education (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/1/53202_HUMAN%20RIGHTS%20FOR%20CHILDREN.pdf

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spelling	iium-532022017-02-01T04:33:23Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/ Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges Md. Tah, Ikmal Hisham Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin JC Political theory KPG Malaysia L Education (General) Children with disabilities require protection of their rights from the society. They are disabled because society excluded, discriminated and encouraging negative stigma against them. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) especially Article 7 has mentioned that the State Parties shall promote and protect the rights of children with disabilities including providing necessary measures on an equal basis with others. The concept of the best interest of child has become a primary consideration, together, with expressing their views freely in accordance with their age and maturity has been embodied within the convention. Malaysia has ratified the said Convention in 2010 and enacting Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act 2008 to fulfil their international obligations. Furthermore, the new Education (Regulation) Special Education 2015 has been gazetted to show government’s commitment to upholding their rights in all aspects of life. However, various issues and challenges being faced to ensure the human rights approach in accordance with the CRPD being implemented, to improve the condition of children with disabilities. This article will elaborate the Malaysian commitment to improving the life of children with disabilities in accordance with human rights approach towards disabilities. It would assist the agenda to recognize their full potential to live fullest which will be important and significant for developing nation like Malaysia. The final analysis showed that there is the need for full cooperation between government, private sectors, non-governmental and disabled people organisations to promote and protect the rights of children with disabilities in all aspects of life. The Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/1/53202_HUMAN%20RIGHTS%20FOR%20CHILDREN.pdf Md. Tah, Ikmal Hisham and Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin (2016) Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges. In: 1st International Conference on Women and Children Legal and Social Issues (ICWC 2016), 17th-18th Oct. 2016, Subang, Selangor. http://law.uitm.edu.my/v4/index.php/icwc-2016
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description	Children with disabilities require protection of their rights from the society. They are disabled because society excluded, discriminated and encouraging negative stigma against them. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) especially Article 7 has mentioned that the State Parties shall promote and protect the rights of children with disabilities including providing necessary measures on an equal basis with others. The concept of the best interest of child has become a primary consideration, together, with expressing their views freely in accordance with their age and maturity has been embodied within the convention. Malaysia has ratified the said Convention in 2010 and enacting Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act 2008 to fulfil their international obligations. Furthermore, the new Education (Regulation) Special Education 2015 has been gazetted to show government’s commitment to upholding their rights in all aspects of life. However, various issues and challenges being faced to ensure the human rights approach in accordance with the CRPD being implemented, to improve the condition of children with disabilities. This article will elaborate the Malaysian commitment to improving the life of children with disabilities in accordance with human rights approach towards disabilities. It would assist the agenda to recognize their full potential to live fullest which will be important and significant for developing nation like Malaysia. The final analysis showed that there is the need for full cooperation between government, private sectors, non-governmental and disabled people organisations to promote and protect the rights of children with disabilities in all aspects of life.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Md. Tah, Ikmal Hisham Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_facet	Md. Tah, Ikmal Hisham Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_sort	Md. Tah, Ikmal Hisham
title	Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_short	Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full	Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_fullStr	Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed	Human rights for children with disabilities in Malaysia: issues and challenges
title_sort	human rights for children with disabilities in malaysia: issues and challenges
publisher	The Faculty of Law, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53202/1/53202_HUMAN%20RIGHTS%20FOR%20CHILDREN.pdf
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