Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia in 2000 concludes that the extremely powerful Executive in Malaysia has not acted with due regard for the essential elements of a free and democratic society based on the rule of law.
These are the results of an ICJ mission to Malaysia which aimed mainly at examining the independence of the judiciary.
The mission was asked to examine:
The report contains an Introduction, Background information on the country and parts dealing with:
With Conclusion and Summary of Recommendations, and eight Appendices (in particular extracts of relevant laws).
Malaysia-justice in jeopardy-fact-finding mission report-2000-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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