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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 recognises 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. The analysis focuses on certain suitable laws 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 interviews with the relevant officers on 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.

Keywords: foster care, kaffcdah, ihtidhcm, Malaysian law, Jordanian law

UNDANG-UNDANG PEMELIHARAAN ANAK DAN AMALANNYA: APA YANG MALAYSIA BOLEH PELAJARI DARI PENJAGAAN ANAK PELIHARA DI JORDAN

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Penjagaan cmak pelihara adcdah scdah satu kaedah perlindungcm kcmak-kcmak di Malaysia dan di banyak negara lain seperti Singapura, Australia, Kerajacm Bersatu, Algeria, Mesir dan Maghribi. Perkara ini juga diserlahkcm dcdam dokumen undcmg-undcmg cmtarabcmgsa seperti Konvensyen Hak Kcmak-kcmak Pertubuhcm Bcmgsa-bcmgsa Bersatu (CRC) vcmg turnt mengiktiraf konsep penjagaan cmak pelihara Islami (ka ffcdah). Menerusi penjagaan cmak pelihara, seorcmg kcmak-kcmak diletakkcm sama ada dcdam sebuah institusi atan dijaga oleh ibu bapa penjaga persendiricm. Makcdah ini berhasrat untuk meneliti undcmg-undcmg dan amalan penjagaan cmak pelihara persendiricm di Malaysia dengcm suatu ringkasan undcmg-undcmg dan amalan di Jordan. Perbcmdingcm ini diniatkcm untuk membcmtu perkembcmgcm undcmgundcmg dan amalan penjagaan cmak pelihara vcmg lebih baik di Malaysia pada perkara vcmg sesiicd, berkaitcm dan perlu. Análisis memfokuskcm pada sebahagicm undang-undang dan amalan penjagaan cmak pelihara di Jordan ycmg sesuai, ictitu apa ycmg Malaysia boleh pelajari dari penjagaan cmak cmgkat di Jordan. Penyelidikan ini secara asasnya penyelidikan perpustctkacm. Sebahagicm kecil penyelidikan ini membabitkcm temubual...

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