Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria

Malaysia and Nigeria are signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Convention requires that states parties should strive to ensure that they domesticate the provision of the Convention in their legal frameworks. Malaysia introduces the Child Act 2001 for the purpose of prot...

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Main Authors:	Alkali, A. Umar, Abdul Hak, Nora, Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria 2016
Subjects:	K Law (General)
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53885/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53885/1/UNIMAID%20Journal%20of%20Private%20and%20Property%20Law.pdf

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spelling	iium-538852017-01-10T07:36:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53885/ Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria Alkali, A. Umar Abdul Hak, Nora Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina K Law (General) Malaysia and Nigeria are signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Convention requires that states parties should strive to ensure that they domesticate the provision of the Convention in their legal frameworks. Malaysia introduces the Child Act 2001 for the purpose of protection of the rights of children in Malaysia. The Act 2001 has made provisions for the protection of children and ensuring that children are given the best care and support up to the time they attain adulthood. The Child Act applies side by side with Islamic law thereby making it applicable and enforceable without much problem. In Nigeria, the Child's Right Act 2003 came on board in line with Nigeria's commitment towards ensuring observance of its commitments of domesticating the CRC. Though, the Child's Right Act has commendably provided various degree of protection to children, its conflict with Islamic law has made most states especially in Northern Nigeria where Muslims constitute majority to decline to domesticate the CRC hence, defeating or at least making the goal of domestication of the CRC not achievable. This article intends to analyse these important frameworks and proposes if Nigeria could benefit from the Malaysian approach. The Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53885/1/UNIMAID%20Journal%20of%20Private%20and%20Property%20Law.pdf Alkali, A. Umar and Abdul Hak, Nora and Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina (2016) Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria. UNIMAID Journal of Private and Property Law, 1 (1). pp. 184-199. ISSN 2534-6181
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description	Malaysia and Nigeria are signatories to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Convention requires that states parties should strive to ensure that they domesticate the provision of the Convention in their legal frameworks. Malaysia introduces the Child Act 2001 for the purpose of protection of the rights of children in Malaysia. The Act 2001 has made provisions for the protection of children and ensuring that children are given the best care and support up to the time they attain adulthood. The Child Act applies side by side with Islamic law thereby making it applicable and enforceable without much problem. In Nigeria, the Child's Right Act 2003 came on board in line with Nigeria's commitment towards ensuring observance of its commitments of domesticating the CRC. Though, the Child's Right Act has commendably provided various degree of protection to children, its conflict with Islamic law has made most states especially in Northern Nigeria where Muslims constitute majority to decline to domesticate the CRC hence, defeating or at least making the goal of domestication of the CRC not achievable. This article intends to analyse these important frameworks and proposes if Nigeria could benefit from the Malaysian approach.
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author	Alkali, A. Umar Abdul Hak, Nora Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
author_facet	Alkali, A. Umar Abdul Hak, Nora Che Soh @ Yusoff, Roslina
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title	Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria
title_short	Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria
title_full	Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria
title_fullStr	Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria
title_sort	analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in malaysia and nigeria
publisher	The Department of Private Law, Faculty of Law, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria
publishDate	2016
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Analysis of relevant legal frameworks on child protection in Malaysia and Nigeria

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