Aisya Abdul Rahman is a former Legal Adviser at the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) and Head of Law Division at Malaysia’s national human rights institution, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM). For over a decade, she has worked with diverse stakeholders at all levels to support and promote respect for the rule of law, internationally and domestically. Aisya has provided technical guidance and support to decisionmakers and policymakers in many areas of international humanitarian and human rights law. She has actively contributed to regional and national implementing law processes and projects, including in relation to the Malay translation of the Geneva Conventions, child protection, sexual harassment and gender equality. She has also facilitated high-level humanitarian dialogues; delivered humanitarian assistance to detainees; and developed dissemination tools and materials. She also assisted rule of law, human rights, transitional justice, and post-conflict development projects in/on Colombia, Ukraine, Scotland, and South Sudan. Within her first four years of practice at the Malaysian Bar, Aisya appeared as counsel in over 15 reported cases at all levels of Malaysian courts, including a landmark workplace sexual harassment case.
PROFILE
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Dean's Office, Faculty of Law Office of The, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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umexpert.um.edu.my/aisya
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+60379676357
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RESEARCH ID
Orcid id
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0072-1872
Researcher id
LIG-7333-2024
Scopus id
57201730868