Tan Sri Othman bin Hashim is the Chairman of Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM). As a Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva, he was accredited to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). In his 37 years of career he has disseminated his diverse capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic Missions and has also served as Ambassador to the Czech Republic and USA, Permanent Representatives to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Hashim, was a member of the delegation for Malaysia’s First Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Human Rights to the UNHRC in 2009. He was also involved in the preparation of the report for the subsequent Malaysia’s UPR on Human Rights. In addition, he also has headed the Malaysian delegations to the regular sessions of the UNHRC in 2009-2012.