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Human rights and the unborn child
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Title
Human rights and the unborn child [electronic resource] / by Rita Joseph.
ISBN
9789004175600 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004175601 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.
Physical Description
xviii, 347 p. ; 25 cm.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2010. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 11, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-338) and index.
Contents
UDHR recognition of the child before birth : analysis of the texts
UDHR recognition of the child before birth : the historical context
Fundamentals of the universal declaration's human rights protection
The inaugural human right : to be born free and equal
What is "appropriate" legal protection before as well as after birth?
The right to life and to the necessities of life
Decriminalization : a treaty interpretation manifestly unreasonable
CRC legislative history and the child before birth
Selective abortion on grounds of disability
European Convention (1950) and the unborn child
American Convention on Human Rights : " ... in general, from the moment of conception"
Reclaiming rights of the African child at risk of abortion
Selective abortion : an act of violence and discrimination on grounds of sex
Children's rights : " ... without any exceptions whatsoever"
Ideologies must conform to human rights, not human rights to ideologies.
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