Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia

This paper examines the existed child related policies and child welfare laws in Malaysia with regards to children's rights with special concern to the implementation of diverse child related policies which affect child best interest in the Malaysian context after the ratification of United Nat...

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Main Authors:	Kahar, Rojanah, Mohd Zin, Najibah
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Institut Sosial Malaysia & Faculty of Human Ecology, UPM 2011
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/9837/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/9837/1/2011_-_Child_related_policy_and_legislative_reforms_in_Malaysia.pdf

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spelling	iium-98372012-06-07T00:13:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/9837/ Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia Kahar, Rojanah Mohd Zin, Najibah K Law (General) KPG Malaysia This paper examines the existed child related policies and child welfare laws in Malaysia with regards to children's rights with special concern to the implementation of diverse child related policies which affect child best interest in the Malaysian context after the ratification of United Nation Convention on Rights of a Child (UNCRC) in 1995. Content analysis of secondary data has been utilized in order to understand the implementation of diverse policies and laws within the purview of family law development and other related areas that affect child best interests. This study established that diverse social policies and numerous child related legislations addresses and accommodated the best interest for children both for Muslim and non Muslim since both groups had different laws. Nonetheless, the absence of child-focused policy in Malaysia affects the smooth implementation of policies and laws which relates to the best interest of children. Thus, child-focused policy is important to protect children's best interest in all areas including family law. Therefore it is anticipated that the introduction of National Child Policy and National Child Protection Policy in 2009 would bring positive changes to the Malaysian children. Institut Sosial Malaysia & Faculty of Human Ecology, UPM 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/9837/1/2011_-_Child_related_policy_and_legislative_reforms_in_Malaysia.pdf Kahar, Rojanah and Mohd Zin, Najibah (2011) Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia. International Journal of Social Policy and Society, 8. pp. 6-36. ISSN 1823-0865
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description	This paper examines the existed child related policies and child welfare laws in Malaysia with regards to children's rights with special concern to the implementation of diverse child related policies which affect child best interest in the Malaysian context after the ratification of United Nation Convention on Rights of a Child (UNCRC) in 1995. Content analysis of secondary data has been utilized in order to understand the implementation of diverse policies and laws within the purview of family law development and other related areas that affect child best interests. This study established that diverse social policies and numerous child related legislations addresses and accommodated the best interest for children both for Muslim and non Muslim since both groups had different laws. Nonetheless, the absence of child-focused policy in Malaysia affects the smooth implementation of policies and laws which relates to the best interest of children. Thus, child-focused policy is important to protect children's best interest in all areas including family law. Therefore it is anticipated that the introduction of National Child Policy and National Child Protection Policy in 2009 would bring positive changes to the Malaysian children.
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author	Kahar, Rojanah Mohd Zin, Najibah
author_facet	Kahar, Rojanah Mohd Zin, Najibah
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title	Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia
title_short	Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia
title_full	Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia
title_sort	child related policy and legislative reforms in malaysia
publisher	Institut Sosial Malaysia & Faculty of Human Ecology, UPM
publishDate	2011
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Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia

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