Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia

Adoption is one of the means to protect children who have been deprived of parental care. The United Nation Convention on Rights of Child guaranteed such protection and as in other action con- cerning children, the principle of the best interest of the child must be primarily considered by the State...

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Main Authors:	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina, Abdul Hak, Nora, Md Hashim, Noraini, Md Said, Muhamad Helmi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2017
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
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spelling	iium-565322017-05-03T02:00:09Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/56532/ Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Abdul Hak, Nora Md Hashim, Noraini Md Said, Muhamad Helmi K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Adoption is one of the means to protect children who have been deprived of parental care. The United Nation Convention on Rights of Child guaranteed such protection and as in other action con- cerning children, the principle of the best interest of the child must be primarily considered by the State parties when dealing with the process of adoption. In Malaysia, adoption process is governed under two main legislations, i.e. Adoption Act 1952 and Registration of Adoption Act 1952. This paper addresses the extent of these legislations and practices of the Court in Malaysia in ensuring the best interest of the child is guaranteed when dealing with adoption procedures and the protection provided after the adop- tion. One of the main issues to be highlighted is concerning the citizenship of the adopted child, particu- larly in a case where the child is not from Malaysia. Does the law give equal protection as provided to the adopted child born in Malaysia? This paper uses a qualitative data collection method where in-depth document analysis is carried out. Primary sources such as the Acts, Regulations, court orders and decision are scrutinised. On the other hand, secondary sources that are studied include law reports, law reviews and legal periodical articles. The study is significant as it addressed crucial concerns raised in reference to the current laws relating to the protection of adopted children in Malaysia. The paper ends with some possible recommendations that may spur improvement to the present legislations in ensuring that the rights of adopted children in Malaysia are duly protected. Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2017 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/56532/1/56532_Adequacy%20of%20the%20Law%20in%20Protecting%20the%20Rights.pdf Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina and Abdul Hak, Nora and Md Hashim, Noraini and Md Said, Muhamad Helmi (2017) Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Law and Society 6 (ICLAS 6), 4th-7th April 2017, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. http://iclas6.umy.ac.id/
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description	Adoption is one of the means to protect children who have been deprived of parental care. The United Nation Convention on Rights of Child guaranteed such protection and as in other action con- cerning children, the principle of the best interest of the child must be primarily considered by the State parties when dealing with the process of adoption. In Malaysia, adoption process is governed under two main legislations, i.e. Adoption Act 1952 and Registration of Adoption Act 1952. This paper addresses the extent of these legislations and practices of the Court in Malaysia in ensuring the best interest of the child is guaranteed when dealing with adoption procedures and the protection provided after the adop- tion. One of the main issues to be highlighted is concerning the citizenship of the adopted child, particu- larly in a case where the child is not from Malaysia. Does the law give equal protection as provided to the adopted child born in Malaysia? This paper uses a qualitative data collection method where in-depth document analysis is carried out. Primary sources such as the Acts, Regulations, court orders and decision are scrutinised. On the other hand, secondary sources that are studied include law reports, law reviews and legal periodical articles. The study is significant as it addressed crucial concerns raised in reference to the current laws relating to the protection of adopted children in Malaysia. The paper ends with some possible recommendations that may spur improvement to the present legislations in ensuring that the rights of adopted children in Malaysia are duly protected.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Abdul Hak, Nora Md Hashim, Noraini Md Said, Muhamad Helmi
author_facet	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina Abdul Hak, Nora Md Hashim, Noraini Md Said, Muhamad Helmi
author_sort	Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
title	Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia
title_short	Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia
title_full	Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia
title_sort	adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in malaysia
publisher	Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
publishDate	2017
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Adequacy of the law in protecting the rights of adopted children in Malaysia

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