Constitutional supremacy & international human rights: An appraisal
International law cannot override the supreme constitution of sovereign states. Section 4(4) of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 allows regard to be had to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948 as long as it is not inconsistent with the Federal Constitution. Sectio...
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my-unisza-ir.10312020-11-08T07:15:11Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1031/ Constitutional supremacy & international human rights: An appraisal Noor Ashikin, Hamid Nazli, Ismail@Nawang Nuramani, Pauzai Noraida, Harun H Social Sciences (General) HB Economic Theory International law cannot override the supreme constitution of sovereign states. Section 4(4) of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 allows regard to be had to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948 as long as it is not inconsistent with the Federal Constitution. Section 4 (4) mentions: ―For the purpose of this Act, regard shall be had to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 to the extent that it is not inconsistent with the Federal Constitution.‖ In case of conflict between international norms and national rules, courts must adopt the rule that national law prevails. However there is no clear practice adopts by the judges in using internationals norms while making the decision. The objective of this paper is to examine the application of international human rights in the context of Malaysian existing cases alleging of violation of human rights. The study is qualitative in nature. Data are collected from legal cases and treaties as primary sources. The analysis is done in descriptive and analytical manner. It was found that the decisions of the courts which taking into consideration of human norms able to promote the object of the constitutional guarantee in Malaysia. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1031/1/FH03-FUHA-17-08037.pdf Noor Ashikin, Hamid and Nazli, Ismail@Nawang and Nuramani, Pauzai and Noraida, Harun (2016) Constitutional supremacy & international human rights: An appraisal. In: INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCES & TOURISM RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2016, 20-22 Apr 2016, Terengganu. |
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International law cannot override the supreme constitution of sovereign states. Section 4(4)
of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 allows regard to be had to the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 1948 as long as it is not inconsistent with
the Federal Constitution. Section 4 (4) mentions: ―For the purpose of this Act, regard shall
be had to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 to the extent that it is not
inconsistent with the Federal Constitution.‖ In case of conflict between international norms
and national rules, courts must adopt the rule that national law prevails. However there is no
clear practice adopts by the judges in using internationals norms while making the decision.
The objective of this paper is to examine the application of international human rights in the
context of Malaysian existing cases alleging of violation of human rights. The study is
qualitative in nature. Data are collected from legal cases and treaties as primary sources. The
analysis is done in descriptive and analytical manner. It was found that the decisions of the
courts which taking into consideration of human norms able to promote the object of the
constitutional guarantee in Malaysia. |
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