The Offence Of Infanticide To Vietnamese Criminal Code Comparison With Other Countries In The World

Abstract

A mother’s love is one of the most sacred emotions of humanity, regardless of ethnicity or culture; however, a mother’s cruel rejection of such humanistic emotion and ending the life of the child she struggled to conceive and give birth to produces uneasiness and mistrust in people. There must be a reason why an average person would violate this consistent moral requirement. As a result of societal factors, the legal policies of a number of nations, including Vietnam, include infanticide as a crime with a number of special components, such as the offender endangering the life of a special victim under no less extraordinary situations and circumstances. All of the above distinctive conditions also produce a unique crime that partially reflects the state’s humanitarian policy. Due to the unique character of this offence, the legislation governing its implementation and enforcement must be carefully addressed. This article compares and contrasts Vietnamese law with the legal systems of countries that record infanticide as a crime, analyses and researches with an interdisciplinary approach to identify outstanding deficiencies, improve Vietnamese criminal law, ensure the criminal law’s adaptability to changing times, and better protect the rights of newborn children and mothers.