Charles Hector Fernandez (born 4 July 1971) is a Malaysian human rights advocate and activist.
He then continued his upper secondary education in Sekolah Sultan Abu Bakar, Kuantan, Pahang during which he also held the position of President of the Sixth Form Society.
He was also a founder member of the Social Service Club (Persatuan Perkhidmatan Masyarakat) - an initiative of unifying students irrespective of racial, religious and political differences.
The process involved a questionnaire on various aspects of human rights in Malaysia was distributed to about 450 Malaysian organizations for feedbacks.
As the result, the Malaysian Human Rights Charter 1993 was produced and endorsed by some 50 NGOs which include human rights organizations, trade unions, academic bodies, women's groups, environmental organizations, consumer associations and other non-state sectors.
Charles Hector Fernandez is also still a steering committee member of GoodElectronics Network, and is also active in Clean Clothes Campaign.
The threat and the suit against this Human Rights Defender resulted in great protest from all quarters, both nationally and internationally.
[12] On 31 March 2016, Charles Hector Fernandez, together with Francis Pereira and R. Shanmugam was called up by Polis DiRaja Malaysia ("PDRM") to be present at the Bukit Aman police station for investigation under the Sedition Act,[13] in connection with the "Motion on the Attorney General, Public Prosecutor and Improvement of Public Perspective of Administration of Justice in Malaysia",[3] that was tabled at the 70th Annual General Meeting of the Malaysian Bar held on 19 March 2016, and which was adopted by an overwhelming majority.
Fernandez acting on behalf of 8 community human rights defenders protesting logging of the forest reserve adjacent to their Malay village, was subject to an application to commence contempt proceedings by the Plaintiffs, Logging Contractors, against Fernandez and his 8 clients for a letter written by him on behalf of clients.
IGP is wrong, Sosma must be repealed ― Charles Hector-Malay Mail, 22/7/2019 Foreign spouse quagmire: Are Malaysian fathers accorded better rights than mothers?
Madpet: Umno duo should not be part of Suhakam - Malaysiakini, 11/12/2022 Don’t appoint sitting judge as AG, says rights group, FMT, 26/12/2022 Remove PM's role in appointment and elevation of judges, Malaysia Now, 19/1/2023 Abolishment of the death penalty with Charles Hector, Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture, Nico Tuijn, Deputy Chief Justice, Court of Appeal 's-Hertogenbosch 13-Oct-11 20:18 Malaysia Will Abolish Death Penalty with Charles Hector, Coordinator, Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (MADPET) 11-Oct-18 18:00 Charles Hector on Astro Awani Consider This 1/9/2023