The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.]
This paper was conducted to make a research on the rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia as compared to the United State of America. In Malaysia there are a few laws that governed the right of disabled person under the Person with Disabilities Act 2008 and the law that governed the prisoners unde...
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| author | Aminudin, Sorahatul Amizah Rashid, Nurayuni Ahmad Khairuddin, Nur 'Izzati Sazahan, Nadia Emira |
| author_facet | Aminudin, Sorahatul Amizah Rashid, Nurayuni Ahmad Khairuddin, Nur 'Izzati Sazahan, Nadia Emira |
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| description | This paper was conducted to make a research on the rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia as compared to the United State of America. In Malaysia there are a few laws that governed the right of disabled person under the Person with Disabilities Act 2008 and the law that governed the prisoners under Prison Act 1995 but there were still unclear rights and no specific Act that been amended so far about the disabled prisoners in Malaysia .This research also be looking at the Federal Constitution and Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities to know whether the rights was provided under these laws. When comparing to the United State about the right of disabled prisoners, there are a few laws that been referred first, America with Disabilities Act 1990, second, Rehab Act 1973, and a few selected cases that been analyzed to study how they govern the right of disabled prisoners properly and effectively in their country. Then, under this research, the recommendations also been prepared so that Malaysian laws can be improved and knows what action should be taken to ensure that the disabled prisoners' rights be governed properly and effectively as in the United State. |
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| spelling | uitm-323382022-06-08T07:51:08Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32338/ The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] Aminudin, Sorahatul Amizah Rashid, Nurayuni Ahmad Khairuddin, Nur 'Izzati Sazahan, Nadia Emira Social legislation This paper was conducted to make a research on the rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia as compared to the United State of America. In Malaysia there are a few laws that governed the right of disabled person under the Person with Disabilities Act 2008 and the law that governed the prisoners under Prison Act 1995 but there were still unclear rights and no specific Act that been amended so far about the disabled prisoners in Malaysia .This research also be looking at the Federal Constitution and Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities to know whether the rights was provided under these laws. When comparing to the United State about the right of disabled prisoners, there are a few laws that been referred first, America with Disabilities Act 1990, second, Rehab Act 1973, and a few selected cases that been analyzed to study how they govern the right of disabled prisoners properly and effectively in their country. Then, under this research, the recommendations also been prepared so that Malaysian laws can be improved and knows what action should be taken to ensure that the disabled prisoners' rights be governed properly and effectively as in the United State. 2014 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32338/1/32338.pdf Aminudin, Sorahatul Amizah and Rashid, Nurayuni and Ahmad Khairuddin, Nur 'Izzati and Sazahan, Nadia Emira (2014) The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.]. (2014) [Student Project] (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | Social legislation Aminudin, Sorahatul Amizah Rashid, Nurayuni Ahmad Khairuddin, Nur 'Izzati Sazahan, Nadia Emira The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] |
| title | The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] |
| title_full | The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] |
| title_fullStr | The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] |
| title_full_unstemmed | The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] |
| title_short | The rights of disabled prisoners in Malaysia / Sorahatul Amizah Aminudin ... [et al.] |
| title_sort | rights of disabled prisoners in malaysia / sorahatul amizah aminudin ... [et al.] |
| topic | Social legislation |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32338/ |