Newly minted Suhakam chief commissioner Datuk Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus hopes the Malaysian government will accede to a number of key international treaties including Icerd and the 1951 Refugee Convention. — CHAN TAK KONG/The Star
ABOUT a month into his appointment as the new Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) chairman, retired Court of Appeal judge Datuk Seri Mohd Hishamudin Yunus made a bold appeal.
He hopes that, under his three-year tenure, the Malaysian government will accede to key international treaties such as the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Icerd) and the 1951 Refugee Convention.
