Strategic Litigation and Human Rights
I first came across the term strategic litigation when my boss forwarded us an event registration link via email. He wrote, sign up and the firm will pay . I checked the link. There, it stated that the training is fully sponsored by the organizer, the Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (“ MCCHR ”). So, I had no idea what my boss meant when he said that the firm will pay. ( But I later realized that he IS part of MCCHR, so maybe that's what he meant .) Anyway, I went ahead and signed up. I had no expectation or knowledge about what will happen. In the beginning, I even thought that strategic litigation meant selective prosecution. I later found out how wrong I was. Among others, the following was what I had learned in the training that spanned over 4 days: What strategic litigation is; What internet freedom is and how it relates to the freedom of speech and expression under Article 10 of our Federal Constitution; The relevance of international human rights...