Writings & Opinions

The grounds of judgment in the land rights case of the Semai of Kampung Senta in Bidor, Perak against a corporation and the state government can be viewed at this...

Talking points presented at the Judicial and Legal Training Institute (ILKAP)’s National Law Conference on “Law and Social Order: Current Challenges in Malaysia’ Putrajaya International Convention Centre, 11-12 November 2014...

PROTECTION OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN MALAYSIA Colin Nicholas Paper presented at the course entitled “Traditional Knowledge: Way Forward”, Attorney-General’s Chambers, 6 November 2012, Putrajaya Indigenous knowledge and practices pertaining to...

Keiisha, Kar Lye and Jenita receiving the award from Mr. Kamal Malhotra of UN-Malaysia and YB Richard Riot, the Deputy Foreign Minister.   At the UN Day event where COAC...

Published in Tricia Yeoh (2010), The Road to Reform: Pakatan rakyat in Selangor: “I am the politician here,” came the Selangor menteri besar’s words firmly across the dinner table, followed by...

ORANG ASLI AND THE CONSTITUTION Protecting Customary Lands and Cultural Rights Colin Nicholas Paper presented at the14th Malaysian Law Conference, organised by the Bar Council of Malaysia, 29-31 October 2007,...

PEOPLE FIRST Orang Asli after 50 Years of Merdeka Colin Nicholas Published in Off The Edge, September 2007. As the original peoples of the peninsula, the ancestors of the Orang Asli...

BOULDERS IN THE RIVER Colin Nicholas Published in A Special Place, Badan Warisan Malaysia, 2007, p. 20. One of the earliest Orang Asli communities I have lived with and whom...

[UNDRIP = United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples] UNDRIP adalah Deklarasi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB) terhadap Hak Orang Asal. Ia merupakan piawain antarabangsa yang melindungi hak Orang...