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In international law, extraterritoriality or exterritoriality is the state of being exempted from the jurisdiction of local law, usually as the result of diplomatic negotiations.
The social contract in Malaysia is a political construct first brought up in the 1980s, allegedly to justify the continuation of the discriminatory preferential policies for the majority Bumiputera [a] at the expense of the non-Bumiputera, particularly the Chinese and Indian citizens of the country.
The 1998 Special Session (Sidang Istimewa) was the first MPR assembly held after Suharto's resignation from the Presidency and fall from power in May 1998. Although it still consisted of politicians who had flourished during Suharto's regime, these MPR members were keen to distance themselves from Suharto and appeal to the reformist sentiments ...
Suqiu's defenders urged that the debate not be rendered so racially incendiary, advising that affirmative action policies be made more need-based, pointing out that the constitution guarantees Malays a special position (kedudukan istimewa) and not special rights (hak istimewa), and asserting that Islam denies any racial group-specific privileges.
Law of Indonesia is based on a civil law system, intermixed with local customary law and Dutch law.Before European presence and colonization began in the sixteenth century, indigenous kingdoms ruled the archipelago independently with their own custom laws, known as adat (unwritten, traditional rules still observed in the Indonesian society). [1]
ECOSOC Resolution 2007/25: Support to non-self-governing territories by the specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations (26 July 2007)
Notonagoro was born Sukamto in Sragen, Central Java, Indonesia on 10 December 1905.After marrying Gusti Raden Ayu Koostimah, daughter of Pakubuwono X, Susuhunan of Surakarta, as civil servant ('"abdi dalem"') of the '"Kasunanan"' kingdom, he was promoted to the rank of '"Bupati Anom"', given the royal title '"Raden Mas Tumenggung"' and given an 'adult' name of '"Notonagoro"'.
Lest we forget, and lest all the peoples of our great Nation of Malaysia forget, we the undersigned do once again firmly, resolutely and unequivocally pledge and promise before the whole Nation of Malaysia as our witness, on this historically day 16 September 2012, in the City of Kuching, and on behalf of our respective parties and Pakatan Rakyat will honour all its pledges and promises to the ...