Edmund Bon

The report on Malaysia’s first National Baseline Assessment on Business and Human Rights has just been released, shining a spotlight on how corporate actions can directly impact fundamental human rights. As Malaysia pushes for greater economic growth, this report raises urgent questions about whether businesses are doing enough to protect the rights of workers and communities. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to lawyer Edmund Bon, Representative of Malaysia to the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, and lead consultant for the National Baseline Assessment report.

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Myanmar harus secara sukarela membenarkan ASEAN campur tangan isu dakwaan melakukan genosid terhadap etnik Rohingya melalui AICHR dan AHA Centre.

Kerajaan wajar pertimbangkan proses pemutihan bagi warga Rohingya yang sudah menetap lama di Malaysia serta menyumbang kepada ekonomi negara tanpa sebarang rekod jenayah.

Terdahulu, dalam hujahannya, peguam Edmund Bon yang mewakili Maria memberitahu tiada bukti bahawa baju kuning Bersih 4.0 mampu mengancam ketenteraman awam atau keselamatan negara.

Lawyer Edmund Bon hopes to educate and empower the public on litigation matters through guidelines and templates to be made available to the public via a mobile application next year.

Support poured in on Twitter for lawyer Edmund Bon is being investigated under the Sedition Act for his comments made earlier this year on fatwa.

Siasatan itu berhubung kenyataannya mengenai kedudukan fatwa yang tidak terpakai ke atas orang bukan Islam berkait dengan isu penggunaan kalimah Allah.

The government feels that adding more checks and balances to preventive law is the only way curb rising crime, but human rights activists are rejecting the Bill.