Latihan Asas Hak Asasi Manusia

Aku berpeluang menghadiri satu sesi latihan berkenaan "Hak Asasi Manusia" di Malaysian Center for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) dari 2 hingga 5 November 2015 di Jalan Pantai Baharu, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Aku telah pun menyimpan satu lagi salinan berkenaan dengan latihan ini di halaman yang aku kunci kerana menghormati Akta Rahsia Rasmi Kerajaan 1972 [Akta 88].

Tahun 2014 sebenarnya merupakan tahun yang kelam kabut dalam kehidupan aku. Pada tahun 2015 pula aku menyertai institusi ini pada masa yang "salah" kerana bapaku tidak sihat. Aku langsung tiada masa untuk merenung mengenai apa-apa atau berbuat apa pun. Aku terpaksa memberikan sepenuh tumpuan aku hanya kepada kejadian-kejadian yang berlaku di pejabat. Rakan sekerja pun tidak begitu membantu sebaliknya memberikan lebih banyak kesusahan saja kepadaku. 

Last year was quite a hectic time for me. I joined the institution at a 'wrong' time. I had no time to reflect on anything nor doing anything but to focus only on events in the office. Colleagues actually gave me a hard time but I said nothing about them as:

  • I had a wrong perception that keeping everything to myself and not complaining about anyone is a professionalism until I have got an idea to sneak into management reference materials available on the internet and libraries; 
  • I strongly believe in moral impacts or karmic effects where each action is rooted from the state of one's heart and the action emerged would affect the environment around; 
  • I take a very long time to observe because I do not believe in being judgemental before conducting researches or interviews to understand something.
This four-day programme was quite an eye-opening for me. I knew almost nothing about what happened in my own country. I had left mainstream media since 2007 just after my father was fired in a disgraceful manner by a minister in the federal government. He was used like a filthy sponge. As an act of resentment, I refuse to follow anything politics here and shifting my focus to our previous empire in the north who sold our state to the British empire before we were merged with the federal government today. I joined a particular institution because of these past experiences. A native who faced discrimination and injustice in his own 'country'. I believed and had faith in the institution as a civilian.

Day 1 (2 Nov 2015)
Day 2 (3 Nov 2015)
  • Civil Procedure
  • Criminal Procedure
Day 3 (4 November 2015)
  • International human rights law - acceptable limitations
  • Application of human rights law in Malaysia
  • How to conduct human rights research
Day 4 (5 November 2015)
  • Problem Tree
  • Big Picture of Analysis
  • Action Pyramid
My personal view after attending the training is accessible here.

I agree that everyone should continuously develop themselves and it includes integrating life experience in discourses. This is creativity. Not just stuff that we did in school, for example, mencapub (seeking for a publicity in vain) nor to please anyone simply to fulfil our selfish personal benefit when we speak about rights and social justice. It takes time to grab many things especially when one is limited in terms of finance, space and advantage in term of a great peaceful life outside there.

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