Changing Federal-State Relations – New Malaysia : Whither The Human Rights Debates?

• Main Author: Najwa Abdullah
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Country and Region Studies; South Asia
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106131; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47904
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With politics volatile, the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition’s manifesto on enhancing human rights remains a challenge. While reforming the status quo could be politically detrimental, the PH government has to show political will to push it through.