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To enhance learning among the Orang Asli, the Faculty of Law of the National University of Malaysia, popularly known as Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), organised a motivational programme for Orang Asli students in November, 2014. The programme was facilitated by Orang Asli Student Icons, 12 Orang Asli students representing various faculties in UKM. This article discusses the role of the Orang Asli Student Icons in strengthening the level of awareness and motivation among the participants. To gather their insight into their role as facilitator in transferring knowledge and ideas to fellow Orang Asli students, a questionnaire was developed and administered following the motivational programme. In addition to the introduction and conclusion, this article covers four main areas. First, it discusses challenges and barriers within the Orang Asli education system. This is followed by an in-depth description of the motivational programme that was carried out. Third, a demographic analysis of the Orang Asli Student Icons is done. The final section of the ariticle presents the findings and analysis of the Orang Asli Student Icons' perception of their role in knowledge transfer towards motivating and increasing awareness among Orang Asli students. This article concludes that the Orang Asli Student Icons have played a significant role in addressing all challenges and barriers within the Orang Asli education system. This conclusion is supported by the positive feedback received from the participants and post-event statistics on student dropout among the participants involved in the programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Article 3 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) recognizes the right to self-determination of indigenous peoples. Prior to this international law recognition, the indigenous peoples have gone through various obstacles. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to describe the history and development of the right to self-determination of the indigenous peoples in international law. This research uses socio-legal methodology. For clarity, this article is divided into four parts. In the first part, this paper explains the definition and status of the right to selfdetermination of indigenous peoples under international law. In the second part, the article clarifies the history of the rights to self-determination by referring to the rights of peoples. The third part describes the development of the right to self-determination of the indigenous peoples until it received the recognition under international law. Discussions on the development of the right to selfdetermination include efforts undertaken at the Working Group on Indigenous Populations (WGIP) and the Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (WGDD). The article concludes in part four that the recognition of the rights to self-determination is vital to ensure the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples within any States is compatible to the international law standards and thus assists States in meeting international law obligations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of knowledge in the field of medicine in Malaysia in something that is well known. This occurs as the result of the development in science and technology that spread globally nowadays. This development also become the basis that spark many moral questions as well as Islamic jurisprudential issues, until the fiqh of medicine becomes among the subject of discussion and research interest to the Muslim intellectual today. Among these issues are the Advance Medical Directive (AMD). AMD is a legal document that was made by an individual to outline his wishes and preferences in regard to medical treatments and interventions in the event that he becomes terminally ill and unconscious. The AMD inflicted the question whether it is permissible or go against the sharia. So, this study was conducted using the qualitative approach to analyse the position of AMD from the perspective of maslahah. This study shows that AMD is permissible in the sharia but in some conditions it must refers to the maslahah perspective to execute or null any wishes and preferences that was made in the AMD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]