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Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education

In Malaysian, there is no law prohibits children to be working in the entertainment industry. However, the law merely provides minimal protection to those working in ‘public entertainment.’ Previous study showed that children in the entertainment business have been exposed to all types of abuse an...

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Main Authors: Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir, Naziree, Md Yusof, Maheran, Makhtar
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2019
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K Law (General)
L Education (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1986/1/FH03-FUHA-19-35928.pdf
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spelling my-unisza-ir.19862020-11-26T07:23:00Z http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1986/ Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir Naziree, Md Yusof Maheran, Makhtar K Law (General) L Education (General) In Malaysian, there is no law prohibits children to be working in the entertainment industry. However, the law merely provides minimal protection to those working in ‘public entertainment.’ Previous study showed that children in the entertainment business have been exposed to all types of abuse and neglects. It could be that the children suffer from health and psychological issue, physical harm or sexual abuse that may be caused by the working environment or the working conditions. The right to receive proper education may also be affected. In line with Article 3 of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child 1989, this study suggest for entertainment industry to have a proper guidelines that serves as a child protection policy. It will discuss on the side effect of working in entertainment industry especially on the rights to education. First, it explains the right to education and describes the working conditions of children in the show business. Apart from that, it shows the impact of their work in entertainment business on the realisation of their right to education. The other focus of this study is the principles governing minors and their involvement in the entertainment industry and to identify significant problems in the protection of the right to education. This study shows that law and policy, as well as legal enforcement are needed to fully protect children from any risk and harm. 2019 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed text en http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/1986/1/FH03-FUHA-19-35928.pdf Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir and Naziree, Md Yusof and Maheran, Makhtar (2019) Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education. In: International Conference on Law and Globalisation (ICLG) 2019, 28-29 July 2019, UniSZA.
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topic K Law (General)
L Education (General)
spellingShingle K Law (General)
L Education (General)
Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir
Naziree, Md Yusof
Maheran, Makhtar
Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
description In Malaysian, there is no law prohibits children to be working in the entertainment industry. However, the law merely provides minimal protection to those working in ‘public entertainment.’ Previous study showed that children in the entertainment business have been exposed to all types of abuse and neglects. It could be that the children suffer from health and psychological issue, physical harm or sexual abuse that may be caused by the working environment or the working conditions. The right to receive proper education may also be affected. In line with Article 3 of United Nations Convention on the Rights of Child 1989, this study suggest for entertainment industry to have a proper guidelines that serves as a child protection policy. It will discuss on the side effect of working in entertainment industry especially on the rights to education. First, it explains the right to education and describes the working conditions of children in the show business. Apart from that, it shows the impact of their work in entertainment business on the realisation of their right to education. The other focus of this study is the principles governing minors and their involvement in the entertainment industry and to identify significant problems in the protection of the right to education. This study shows that law and policy, as well as legal enforcement are needed to fully protect children from any risk and harm.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir
Naziree, Md Yusof
Maheran, Makhtar
author_facet Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir
Naziree, Md Yusof
Maheran, Makhtar
author_sort Nor Aida, Ab. Kadir
title Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
title_short Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
title_full Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
title_fullStr Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
title_full_unstemmed Protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
title_sort protection of best interest: a study on children working in entertainment industry in malaysia and their right to education
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