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Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

The introduction of 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has significantly improved the rights of persons with disabilities at the global stage. The SDG has created the opportunity in progressing their rights to the next level especially after the inception of the United Nations (UN)...

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Main Authors: Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin, Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2018
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K Law (General)
KPG Malaysia
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spelling my.iium.irep.704132019-02-25T03:53:51Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/70413/ Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham K Law (General) KPG Malaysia The introduction of 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has significantly improved the rights of persons with disabilities at the global stage. The SDG has created the opportunity in progressing their rights to the next level especially after the inception of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper addresses the link between SDG and CRPD where Malaysia has become one of the parties that ratified the CRPD. This link is crucial in order to improve the living condition and rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia. Based on the analysis done in this paper several issues have been identified, and a few challenges have been anticipated which must be cautiously observed by all stakeholders in improving the rights of disabled people. Among those include the non-legal effect of SDG and no monitoring mechanism available for disabled organisations to observe the progress in realising the rights. Therefore, it is crucial for government and various stakeholders related to disability issues to observe the importance of SDG in improving the rights of this minority groups and allowed them to be inclusive within society. 2018-02-24 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/70413/1/70413_IMPROVING%20THE%20RIGHTS%20OF%20PERSONS.pdf Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin and Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham (2018) Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In: The 4th Putrajaya International Conference on Children, Women, Elderly and People with Disabilities, 24-25th February, Bangi, Selangor. (Unpublished)
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KPG Malaysia
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KPG Malaysia
Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
description The introduction of 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) has significantly improved the rights of persons with disabilities at the global stage. The SDG has created the opportunity in progressing their rights to the next level especially after the inception of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This paper addresses the link between SDG and CRPD where Malaysia has become one of the parties that ratified the CRPD. This link is crucial in order to improve the living condition and rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia. Based on the analysis done in this paper several issues have been identified, and a few challenges have been anticipated which must be cautiously observed by all stakeholders in improving the rights of disabled people. Among those include the non-legal effect of SDG and no monitoring mechanism available for disabled organisations to observe the progress in realising the rights. Therefore, it is crucial for government and various stakeholders related to disability issues to observe the importance of SDG in improving the rights of this minority groups and allowed them to be inclusive within society.
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author Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
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Md Tah, Ikmal Hisham
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title Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
title_short Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
title_full Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
title_fullStr Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
title_full_unstemmed Improving the rights of persons with disabilities in Malaysia through Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
title_sort improving the rights of persons with disabilities in malaysia through sustainable development goals (sdg)
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/70413/1/70413_IMPROVING%20THE%20RIGHTS%20OF%20PERSONS.pdf
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