03551nam 22006614a 450 991077869380332120210519180502.01-282-40120-3978661240120690-474-2904-410.1163/ej.9789004175600.i-350(CKB)1000000000821829(EBL)468166(OCoLC)570375516(SSID)ssj0000338814(PQKBManifestationID)11284933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338814(PQKBWorkID)10298050(PQKB)11142987(MiAaPQ)EBC468166(nllekb)BRILL9789047429043(Au-PeEL)EBL468166(CaPaEBR)ebr10349097(CaONFJC)MIL240120(PPN)174398794(EXLCZ)99100000000082182920090521d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHuman rights and the unborn child[electronic resource] /by Rita JosephLeiden ;Boston Martinus Nijhoff Publishers20091 online resource (368 p.)Nijhoff eBook titles 2009Description based upon print version of record.90-04-17560-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-338) and index.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.This challenging volume gathers a selection of the mass of material available from the major human rights instruments, from first drafts, legislative histories, and contemporary commentaries, from more recent scholarship as well as from the General Comments and Concluding Observations and Recommendations of the various treaty monitoring bodies relating to the topic of the unborn child. Contemporary reinterpretations of these documents are held up to the searchlight of historical context, including a reminder of the original purpose and meaning and the philosophical foundation of modern international human rights law.Unborn children (Law)Right to lifeAbortionLaw and legislationHuman rightsUnborn children (Law)Right to life.AbortionLaw and legislation.Human rights.341.48572Joseph Rita1570596MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778693803321Human rights and the unborn child3844349UNINA