Mohd Jamizal Zainol
Chairman
Mohd Jamizal is currently a Chairman of the Policy and Economic Affairs of Malaysia Foundation (Yayasan Peace) and Deputy Chairman of TRADISI.
He was a Federal Counsel at the International Affairs Division, Attorney General’s Chambers, Malaysia, from 2002 until 2005. He was in charge of the Human Rights Unit dealing with International Organizations: the United Nations, Commonwealth, Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Asian African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO) and ASEAN.
During his sojourn in the Attorney General’s Chambers, he was entrusted to represent the Attorney General’s Chambers in various meetings at the national and international levels. He was a member of the Malaysia UNESCO Committee for Information and legal affairs, tasked to formulate policies on information and legal affairs for Malaysia’s effective participation in UNESCO. He also represented Malaysia at the 6th Committee (Legal Affairs) of the United Nations General Assembly for 2003 and 2004. In 2005 and 2006, he was entrusted to represent Malaysia at the United Nations Working Group to formulate the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
At OIC, he represented the Attorney General Chambers at the Conference of Foreign Ministers in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Yemen. In addition, he was involved in reviewing human rights conventions in Islam under the auspices of OIC, namely the Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Islam.
In the domestic sphere, he was involved in various committees mandated by Malaysian Government dealing with issues related to the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), Foreign Workers, Preventive Detention and the rights of a disabled person.
He has written numerous articles on human rights and legal and social affairs. His works were published in international and local journals, i.e. INSAF of BAR Council, Malaysia, local magazines, Malaysiakini, and mainstream newspapers.
He was on the Executive Committee for Kuala Lumpur Writers’ Guild (KALAM) from 2002 to 2006. He organised several intellectual events during his tenure, namely “Grand Dialog of National Literary Laureate”, “Seminar on Mahathir’s Paradoxes”, and “Seminar on Cyber Literature”.
In 2022, he was awarded National Book Award for his book “Falsafah Politik Malaysia: Suatu Wacana Tradisi Adat dan Budaya”.
His second book “Ulul Albab Mengungguli Minda Generasi Madani” published in May 2023.