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International Conventions

Below are a number of relevant international and regional covenants, conventions, agreements etc. Malaysia is a State Party to those marked with a star (*).

- ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous Peoples
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (CCPR)
- Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)*
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)*
- Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide *
- Convention on Biodiversity*
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)*

Click here to read more about each convention and covenant.

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