Political legal perspective: Evaluating human rights in Malaysia by Taya, Shamsuddin L.

“…This study examines and analyses human rights issues in Malaysia.Its approach is primarily an eclectic, by concentrating on the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights regime as practiced by Malaysia.This paper is divided into three parts.The first part looks at the six fundamentals of human rights that include: Respect for the integrity of the person; respect for civil liberties; and respect for political rights, more specifically, the rights of citizens in Malaysia to change their government.The second part looks at the Malaysian government’s attitude regarding international and non-governmental investigation of alleged violations of human rights, such as discrimination based on religion, race, gender, disability, language or social status.The last part looks at worker’s rights.The data for this analysis comes from primary and secondary sources, namely newspapers, the Internet, books, magazines and journals.The study found that the records of human rights in Malaysia is relatively good when compared to some of her ASEAN neighbours.For instance, Malaysian experience demonstrates that parliamentary democracy has been well-maintained in that elections have been held regularly ever since independence in 1957.Indeed, Malaysia enjoys one of the fastest-growing economies and is one of the ‘Asian small tigers.’It may have occasional political and religious arrests of some opposition leaders, but physical force is not exerted against opponents, in contrast to what Ferdinand E. …”

Political legal overview perspective: Evaluating human rights in the Philippines by Taya, Shamsuddin L.

“…This writing examines and analyzes human rights issues in the Philippines.The author’s approach is primarily an eclectic, by concentrating on the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights’ regime as practiced by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP).This paper is divided into five parts.The first part discusses the historical evolution of human rights.The second part describes human rights in the Philippines.The third part analyzes the fundamentals of human rights that include: respect for the integrity of the person; respect for civil liberties; respect for political rights, more specifically, the rights of the Filipino citizens in the Philippines to change their government.The fourth part discusses the Philippine government’s attitude regarding international and non-governmental investigations of alleged violations of human rights such as discrimination based on religion, tribe and social status.And the fifth part concludes the study.The data for this analysis came from primary and secondary sources, namely newspapers, internet, books, magazines, and journals.The study found out that the records of human rights in the Philippines are not encouraging and indeed, there are serious breaches of human rights in the country. …”
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Human rights in Southeast Asia: Comparing Malaysia and the Philippines by Taya, Shamsuddin L.

“…This article is a comparative study of human rights issues in Southeast Asia with particular focus between Malaysia and the Philippines.Its approach is primarily an eclectic, by concentrating on the strengths and weaknesses of the human rights regimes as practiced by both countries.This paper is divided into three parts.The first part looks at the six fundamentals of human rights that include: Respect for the integrity of the person; respect for civil liberties; and respect for political rights, more specifically, the rights of citizens in Malaysia and the Philippines to change their governments.The second part looks at the Malaysian and Filipino governments‟ attitudes regarding international and non-governmental investigation of alleged violations of human rights, such as discrimination based on religion, race/tribe, gender, disability, language or social status.The last part looks at worker‟s rights.The data for this analysis comes from primary and secondary sources, namely newspapers, the Internet, books, magazines and journals.The study found that the records of human rights in Malaysia is relatively good when compared to her ASEAN neighbour; the Philippines.For instance, Malaysia‟s experiences demonstrate that parliamentary democracy have been well-maintained in that elections have been held regularly ever since independence in 1957 compared to the disruption of the regular elections in the Philippines caused by the so-called “EDSA” Revolutions or People Power Revolutions.Indeed, Malaysia enjoys one of the fastest-growing economies and is one of the „Asian small tigers.‟ It may have occasional political and religious arrests of some opposition leaders, but physical force is not/and/or rarely exerted against opponents, in contrast to what Ferdinand E. …”
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