Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan

Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan

Foster care is one of the means of child protection in Malaysia and in many other countries like Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, Algeria, Egypt and Morocco. This is also highlighted in international legal documents like the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (the CRC) which a...

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Main Authors: Mohd, Azizah, A. Kadir, Nadhilah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Islamic University Malaysia 2014
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H Social Sciences (General)
KBP Islamic Law
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/1/138-445-3-PBfostercare.pdf
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spelling iium-409672016-06-05T02:58:32Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/ Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan Mohd, Azizah A. Kadir, Nadhilah H Social Sciences (General) KBP Islamic Law Foster care is one of the means of child protection in Malaysia and in many other countries like Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, Algeria, Egypt and Morocco. This is also highlighted in international legal documents like the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (the CRC) which also recognise the Islamic law concept of foster care (kaffalah). Through foster care, a child is placed either in an institution or fostered by individual foster parents. This paper aims at examining the law and practice of individual foster care in Malaysia with a comparative overview of the law and practice in Jordan. The comparison is intended to assist development of better law and practice of foster care in Malaysia where suitable, relevant and necessary. Analysis focuses on certain suitable law and practice of foster care in Jordan i.e. what Malaysia can learn from foster care in Jordan. The research is basically library research. A minor part of the research also involves interview of relevant officers on certain practices that are not documented. It is hoped that this paper will provide good suggestions for better protection of children in Malaysia through foster care. International Islamic University Malaysia 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/1/138-445-3-PBfostercare.pdf Mohd, Azizah and A. Kadir, Nadhilah (2014) Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan. IIUM Law Journal, 22 (2). pp. 295-308. ISSN 0128-2530 E-ISSN 2289-7852 http://journals.iium.edu.my/iiumlj/index.php/iiumlj/issue/view/19
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KBP Islamic Law
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KBP Islamic Law
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A. Kadir, Nadhilah
Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan
description Foster care is one of the means of child protection in Malaysia and in many other countries like Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom, Algeria, Egypt and Morocco. This is also highlighted in international legal documents like the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (the CRC) which also recognise the Islamic law concept of foster care (kaffalah). Through foster care, a child is placed either in an institution or fostered by individual foster parents. This paper aims at examining the law and practice of individual foster care in Malaysia with a comparative overview of the law and practice in Jordan. The comparison is intended to assist development of better law and practice of foster care in Malaysia where suitable, relevant and necessary. Analysis focuses on certain suitable law and practice of foster care in Jordan i.e. what Malaysia can learn from foster care in Jordan. The research is basically library research. A minor part of the research also involves interview of relevant officers on certain practices that are not documented. It is hoped that this paper will provide good suggestions for better protection of children in Malaysia through foster care.
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author Mohd, Azizah
A. Kadir, Nadhilah
author_facet Mohd, Azizah
A. Kadir, Nadhilah
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title Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan
title_short Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan
title_full Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan
title_fullStr Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan
title_full_unstemmed Children foster care law and practice: What Malaysia can learn from foster care (Ihtidhan) in Jordan
title_sort children foster care law and practice: what malaysia can learn from foster care (ihtidhan) in jordan
publisher International Islamic University Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40967/1/138-445-3-PBfostercare.pdf
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