{"id":18893,"date":"2025-10-08T15:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/suhakam.org.my\/?page_id=18893"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:48:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:48:19","slug":"puan-melissa-binti-mohd-akhir","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/suhakam.org.my\/ms\/about-us\/puan-melissa-binti-mohd-akhir\/","title":{"rendered":"PUAN MELISSA BINTI MOHD AKHIR"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"18893\" class=\"elementor elementor-18893\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c89838d elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7c89838d\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"aux-head-before\">PUAN MELISSA BINTI MOHD AKHIR<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-divider\"><\/div><div class=\"aux-modern-heading-description\"><p data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"700\"><strong data-start=\"185\" data-end=\"202\">Melissa Akhir<\/strong> is an access to justice consultant and human rights activist with 19 years of experience, specialising in child protection and gender-based violence prevention. Her work is grounded in evidence-based advocacy focusing on the intersections between gender and children\u2019s rights. She has been actively involved in reforming Malaysia\u2019s criminal laws to be more child survivor-centric and has designed multisectoral, life-cycle approaches to strengthen child protection systems across Southeast Asia.<\/p><p data-start=\"702\" data-end=\"1252\">She has extensive experience working with legal, civil society and feminist networks in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. Her advocacy includes adapting CRC- and CEDAW-based frameworks into practical access to justice initiatives, advancing child participation, and promoting reformative justice mechanisms. She has also collaborated with public interest lawyers, human rights institutions and youth leaders to strengthen protection and accountability for children and vulnerable groups.<\/p><p data-start=\"1254\" data-end=\"1845\">Melissa\u2019s professional expertise covers human rights advocacy, safeguarding, legal feminist praxis, child protection, intergenerational movement-building and implementation of child participation - including work with migrant, refugee and stateless children. She has led numerous legal and policy reform efforts, facilitated high-level regional convenings, and conducted training for judges, parliamentarians, government agencies, CSOs and youth groups. Her recent engagements include input to Malaysia\u2019s CRC review, legal reform on child witness laws, and sports safeguarding initiatives.<\/p><p data-start=\"1847\" data-end=\"2134\">She holds an Advanced Master\u2019s Degree in International Children\u2019s Rights from Leiden University, the Netherlands, and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB Hons) from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia. Fluent in Malay and English, she also speaks conversational Indonesian and basic French.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c207182 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-right-1\" data-id=\"c207182\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b340112 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_image\" data-id=\"b340112\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"aux_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"widget-container aux-widget-image aux-alignnone aux-parent-aub9fe7387\">\n    <div class=\"aux-media-hint-frame\">\n        <div class=\"aux-media-image\" >\n        \n            \n\n            \n                        \n                <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section><!-- widget-container -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-561c777c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"561c777c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74dd3d00\" data-id=\"74dd3d00\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b236b17 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-scale-down elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_modern_heading\" data-id=\"b236b17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_modern_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aux-widget-modern-heading\">\n            <div class=\"aux-widget-inner\"><h2 class=\"aux-modern-heading-primary\">\u201c<\/h2><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65c36c11 aux-appear-watch-animation aux-fade-in-up elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_modern_heading\" data-id=\"65c36c11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_modern_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"aux-widget-modern-heading\">\n            <div class=\"aux-widget-inner\"><h2 class=\"aux-modern-heading-primary\">PUAN MELISSA BINTI MOHD AKHIR<\/h2><h3 class=\"aux-modern-heading-secondary\"><span class=\"aux-head-before\">PESURUHJAYA<\/span><\/h3><\/div>\n        <\/section>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT US Home About Us COMMISSIONER PUAN MELISSA BINTI MOHD AKHIR Melissa Akhir is an access to justice consultant and human rights activist with 19 years of experience, specialising in child protection and gender-based violence prevention. 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