Nominal Commitment to Human Rights: A Global Survey
– Country profile
Malaysia
Location
Population
Government
Independence / Establishment
UN Human Development Index1
South-eastern Asia
28.2 million
Federal constitutional monarchy
1957
0.829 (High human development)
International human rights conventions ratified2
Reservations3
Individual petition mechanisms accepted4
No. violations per total judgments5
Rank
4
11
0
Not applicable
21st
NCHR Index
NCHR Rank
0.058 (Low nominal commitment)
194th
Remarks
The country is ranked last in the NCHR index
ranking as well as second last by total no. of
ratifications.
International human rights conventions
ICC-IHL-IRL
ICCPR + OP1 + OP2
ICESCR
CERD
CEDAW + OP
CAT + OP
CRC + OP1 + OP2
CRMW
CRPD + OP
CPCG
ICC
Geneva Conventions + P1 + P2
CSR + OP
1
2
3
4
5
UN Human Development Report 2009
Including optional protocols
Includes reservations, statements and declarations
Includes international and regional petition mechanisms
Judgments of a regional human rights court that found at least 1 violation (not included in the HSRP Index).