Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?

Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are subject to adverse stigma and discrimination from the society. Through these experiences, there is the mandatory requirement for the State to create conducive and appropriate measures which allow their access to justice within the legal system. The measures includ...

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Main Authors:	Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham, Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/1/70409_Access%20to%20Justice%20for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20paper.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/2/70409_Access%20to%20Justice%20for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20slides.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/3/70409_Access%20to%20Justice%20for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20tentative.pdf

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spelling	iium-704092019-02-26T02:20:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/ Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”? Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are subject to adverse stigma and discrimination from the society. Through these experiences, there is the mandatory requirement for the State to create conducive and appropriate measures which allow their access to justice within the legal system. The measures including the ratification of the CRPD, the Convention under United Nations specifically for PWD and local legislations confirm to the standard stipulated under CRPD. The Malaysian Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, however, has been criticised for no penalty mechanism which made it ‘toothless tiger’ lead to discriminate their ability to access to justice. This paper will analyse the access to justice available for PWD within international and domestic legal framework. This analysis would improve the laws and create an avenue to create awareness on their rights to access to justice within the legal system. The final analysis showed that it is crucial for the State to ensure protection available for this minority group in access to the justice system which would enhance and promote their rights at the highest level. 2018-04-11 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/1/70409_Access%20to%20Justice%20for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20paper.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/2/70409_Access%20to%20Justice%20for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20slides.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70409/3/70409_Access%20to%20Justice%20for%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20-%20tentative.pdf Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham and Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin (2018) Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”? In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7), 11th-13th April 2018, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. (Unpublished) https://iclas2018.org/parallel-sessions/
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spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?
description	Persons with Disabilities (PWD) are subject to adverse stigma and discrimination from the society. Through these experiences, there is the mandatory requirement for the State to create conducive and appropriate measures which allow their access to justice within the legal system. The measures including the ratification of the CRPD, the Convention under United Nations specifically for PWD and local legislations confirm to the standard stipulated under CRPD. The Malaysian Persons with Disabilities Act 2008, however, has been criticised for no penalty mechanism which made it ‘toothless tiger’ lead to discriminate their ability to access to justice. This paper will analyse the access to justice available for PWD within international and domestic legal framework. This analysis would improve the laws and create an avenue to create awareness on their rights to access to justice within the legal system. The final analysis showed that it is crucial for the State to ensure protection available for this minority group in access to the justice system which would enhance and promote their rights at the highest level.
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	Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?
title_short	Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?
title_full	Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?
title_fullStr	Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?
title_full_unstemmed	Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?
title_sort	access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “toothless tiger”?
publishDate	2018
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Access to justice for persons with disabilities: a “Toothless tiger”?

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