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

• 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
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/56532/1/56532_Adequacy%20of%20the%20Law%20in%20Protecting%20the%20Rights.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/56532/; http://iclas6.umy.ac.id/

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...