BAR COUNCIL & UITM: INTERSTING DEVELOPMENT

Majlis Peguam

Bar Council
Malaysia
Bar Council Malaysia

No. 13, 15 & 17, Leboh Pasar Besar
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Peti Surat 12478
50780 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Tel : 03-2031 3003 (Hunting Line)
Fax : 03-20342825, 20261313, 20725818
E-mail : council@malaysianbar.org.my
Website : http://www.malaysianbar.org.my
Bil Tuan :
Bil Kami :
Circular No. 212/2008
12 August 2008



To All Members of the Malaysian Bar and Pupils in Chambers

Bar Council Malaysia - University Technology MARA (UiTM) Human Rights Debate 2008
9-12 December 2008
“UDHR @ 60 and still not all is right”

This year, in conjunction with Human Rights Day on 10 December 2008 and the 60th anniversary
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) has
decided that we need not walk. We should talk. With University Technology MARA, we will be
co-organising a unique ‘Human Rights Debate’ tournament which seeks to attract participants
from universities and schools, as well as members of the public to debate the theme “UDHR @
60 and still not all is right”.


This debate is probably the first in the world to be hosted by a legal professional body and a
public university. It is a key objective of the tournament to promote human rights awareness in
our country. We seek to attract more than 300 debaters from around the world. We hope that the
Debate will help bridge ethnic, linguistic and cultural gaps to foster respect and understanding on
various rights-related issues in the country. It should also be the preferred platform for the
discussion of international and national policies.
The Debate will take the form of the British Parliamentary style where there will be 2 debaters on
each team with opening and closing arguments by the “Government” and opening and closing
arguments by the “Opposition”. Each debater is allocated 7 minutes. There will be 5 preliminary
rounds, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the grand final.