Malaysia

February 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

this Court is of the view that the continued detention of the Applicants at the Belantik Immigration Detention Centre is a direct violation of their rights as a child pursuant to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Child Act 2001 which guarantees protection and assistance to be given to children in all circumstances without regard to race, colour, gender, language, religion or distinction of any kind; Based on these reasons, and with the powers vested upon the High Court, I accept the alternative prayer of the Applicants that they are allowed to be placed at a shelter which can protect and provide the necessary welfare to them.

September 2018 | Judicial Body: Malaysia: High Court of Malaya | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Children's rights - Habeas corpus | Countries: Malaysia - Myanmar

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3 April 2017 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of religion - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Denmark - Malaysia