In the best interest of the child deprived of a family environment: a focus on Islamic Kafalah as an alternative care option

Description

Islamic Kafalah is a guardianship system that enables a child to be brought up within a family environment without inheritance rights and ‘assimilation’ as the legal child of the new parents. This study analyses Kafalah within the context of alternative care for children deprived of their environment. Compares Kafalah to other forms of alternative case and examines the extent to which Kafalah is recognized and practiced internationally. / Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Prof Julia Sloth-Nielsen, University of the Wstern Cape, South Africa. / Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2009. / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/ / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

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1. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12678
2. Assim, UM 2009, In the best interest of the child deprived of a family environment: a focus on Islamic Kafalah as an alternative care option, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12678>

Tags

UCTD

Islamic Kafalah

Alternative childcare

Children’s rights

Guardianship systems

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:up/oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/12678
Date	January 2009
Creators	Assim, Usang Maria
Publisher	University of Pretoria
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Mini Dissertation
Rights	University of Pretoria
Relation	LLM Dissertations Centre for Human Rights