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Taking a backward step
It is entirely possible that preventive detention laws will not significantly reduce crime but instead penalise people for offences they didn't commit.
Welcome back, draconian laws
Detention without trial runs counter to basic principles of the criminal justice system.
Price of one-size-fits all moral codes
A recent arrest in Sweden shows that a clash of moral cultures doesn't have easy answers.
Understanding the rights of a child offender
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an international human rights, which sets out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children all over the world.
Understanding the decision in the transgender case
This case should not be seen as a challenge to the Syariah, nor should it be seen as acknowledging LBGT rights, such as "opening the doors" to same-sex marriages, as alleged by certain quarters.
Of prevention of terror and due process
Due process and the Rule of Law should not be abandoned in efforts to combat terrorism.
Upholding the role of the judiciary
When judicial scrutiny is ousted and discretion is limited, the ability of the courts to uphold the constitution and to provide redress for those aggrieved by the State is severely curtailed.
On Sosma and Khairuddin’s detention
Can the lodging of reports against a corporate entity be regarded as an act against the State, if the company in question is owned by the State?
Lessons from the rainbow nation
A quarter of century after the fall of apartheid, its lessons still resonate.
Tigers in crisis
THE tiger is one of Malaysia’s iconic animals. It is our national animal and depicted in our coat of arms.
