Trafficking in the Post-Pandemic: Casting Human Security, and Universal Periodical Review in Malaysia
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Abstract: Growing research interest and policymaking over the issue of Malaysian security and the human dimension of threats have brought transdisciplinary and transnational engagements in the problem of trafficking. Unpacking salient rudimentary attributes of trafficking, human protection, and humanitarian and human rights improvement can no longer be treated as ivory tower work per se. There is a continuous need to accommodate constructive space for academics, policymakers, and state and non-state actors in the idea exchange of the input- and output processes of our national security policy. This note provides an overview of our editorial work and selection of articles for the publications of this particular issue. We remained indebted to the relevant ministries, universities, funding bodies and non-governmental organisations involved throughout the research and publication process.
Keywords: special issue on trafficking, national and human security of Malaysia national and human security of Malaysia UPR and human rights improvement in Malaysia pandemic and endemic shift of Malaysian Security Studies,
DOI: 10.17576/sinergi.SI1.2023.01
Article information: Submission date: 6 April 2021; Acceptance date: 13 November 2022; Publication date: 31 Mac 2023.
Declaration and acknowledgement: This special issue resulted from various institutional collaborations and a few funding bodies involving official and unofficial stakeholders. Respected individual articles will provide individual grant acknowledgment and institutional collaboration declaration. Despite the controversy and sensitivity surrounding trafficking and human rights in Malaysia, all appropriate security, ethical, and fieldwork considerations have been heeded. No security hazard, legal offence and moral harm has been involved or has occurred throughout the research and publication processes. All relevant and numerous policy guidance are observed. In line with Malaysia’s Madan approach, individual scholarly views of each published article do not represent the collective worldviews of Malaysian society. However, they provide constructive avenues for long-term improvement of the Malaysian security policy and our national well-being. As guest editors for this special issue, we wish to take this opportunity to express our most profound appreciation to the Editorial Board and team members of SINERGI. We would also like to express our gratitude to the journal blind review teams and authoritative experts from various countries and government bodies. We remain grateful for their constructive feedback in improving the quality of this special issue.
Abstrak: Minat penyelidikan dan penggubalan dasar yang semakin meningkat berhubung isu keselamatan Malaysia dan dimensi ancaman manusia telah membawa penglibatan transdisiplin dan transnasional dalam masalah pemerdagangan orang. Membongkar sifat asas utama pemerdagangan, keselamatan manusia, dan peningkatan kemanusiaan dan hak asasi manusia tidak lagi boleh dianggap sebagai kerja akademik semata-mata. Terdapat keperluan berterusan untuk menampung ruang yang membina untuk ahli akademik, penggubal dasar, dan juga aktor negeri dan bukan negara dalam pertukaran idea proses input dan output dasar keselamatan negara kita. Nota ini memberikan gambaran keseluruhan kerja editorial penyunting dan pilihan makalah untuk penerbitan isu khas ini. Kami tetap terhutang budi kepada kementerian, universiti, badan pembiayaan dan badan bukan kerajaan yang berkaitan yang terlibat sepanjang proses penyelidikan dan penerbitan.
Kata kunci: Isu khas pemerdagangan orang, keselamatan nasional dan insan Malaysia, UPR dan penambahbaikan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia, pandemik dan peralihan endemik dalam Pengajian Keselamatan Malaysia,
DOI: 10.17576/sinergi.SI1.2023.01
Maklumat artikel: Tarikh Penghantaran: 6 April 2021; Tarikh penerimaan: 13 November 2022; Tarikh penerbitan: 31 Mac 2023.
Penghargaan dan pengisytiharan: Isu istimewa ini terhasil daripada pelbagai kerjasama institusi dan beberapa badan pembiayaan yang melibatkan pihak berkepentingan rasmi dan tidak rasmi. Setiap makalah individu akan memberikan pengakuan geran dan pengisytiharan kerjasama institusi dalam projek masing-masing. Walaupun terdapat kontroversi dan sensitiviti yang menyelubungi pemerdagangan dan hak asasi manusia di Malaysia, semua pertimbangan keselamatan, etika dan kerja lapangan yang sesuai telah diambil perhatian. Tiada bahaya keselamatan, kesalahan undang-undang dan kemudaratan moral telah terlibat atau berlaku sepanjang proses penyelidikan dan penerbitan. Semua panduan dasar yang relevan telah dipatuhi. Selaras dengan pendekatan Madani Malaysia, pandangan ilmiah individu bagi setiap makalah yang diterbitkan tidak mewakili pandangan semesta secara kolektif masyarakat Malaysia. Walau bagaimanapun, makalah tersebut menyediakan jalan yang membina untuk penambahbaikan jangka panjang dasar keselamatan Malaysia dan kesejahteraan negara kita. Sebagai editor jemputan untuk keluaran isu khas ini, kami ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk merakamkan penghargaan yang setinggi-tingginya kepada Lembaga Editorial dan ahli pasukan SINERGI. Kami juga ingin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada pasukan pewasit bebas, sulit serta tanpa nama jurnal dan pakar berwibawa dari pelbagai negara dan badan kerajaan. Kami tetap berterima kasih atas maklum balas membina mereka dalam meningkatkan kualiti isu khas ini.
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