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Autore |
Breen Claire |
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Age discrimination and children's rights [[electronic resource] ] : ensuring equality and acknowledging difference / / Claire Breen |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : M. Nijhoff, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-39654-4 |
9786612396540 |
90-474-1753-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (248 p.) |
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Collana |
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International studies in human rights ; ; v. 86 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Children's rights |
Age discrimination |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Chapter One. Difference or Discrimination? Exploring the Concepts Underpinning Childrens Rights, Discrimination and the Need to Acknowledge Difference -- Chapter Two. Childrens Rights and Medical Treatment: Issues of Capacity, Choice and Consent -- Chapter Three. Human-assisted Reproduction and the Childs Right to Identity -- Chapter Four. The Corporal Punishment of Children in New Zealand: the Power of Parental Rights in New Zealand -- Chapter Five. Taking Liberties: the Detention of the At-risk Child in Ireland -- Chapter Six. Age Discrimination and the Rights of Irish-born Children of Asylum Seekers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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One of the aims of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child is to accord due recognition to the fact that 'the child, by reason of his phsyical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth'. However, a question mark hangs over the extent to which 'special safeguards and care' can negatively impact on the rights of the child and result in discrimination against the child in the guise of 'his physical and mental immaturity'. This volume explores the extent to which children's rights are secured at the national level; and the |
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