LEADER 03551nam 22006614a 450 001 9910778693803321 005 20210519180502.0 010 $a1-282-40120-3 010 $a9786612401206 010 $a90-474-2904-4 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9789004175600.i-350 035 $a(CKB)1000000000821829 035 $a(EBL)468166 035 $a(OCoLC)570375516 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338814 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11284933 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338814 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10298050 035 $a(PQKB)11142987 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC468166 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789047429043 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL468166 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10349097 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL240120 035 $a(PPN)174398794 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000821829 100 $a20090521d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHuman rights and the unborn child$b[electronic resource] /$fby Rita Joseph 210 $aLeiden ;$aBoston $cMartinus Nijhoff Publishers$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 225 0 $aNijhoff eBook titles 2009 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-04-17560-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [331]-338) and index. 327 $aUDHR 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. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aUnborn children (Law) 606 $aRight to life 606 $aAbortion$xLaw and legislation 606 $aHuman rights 615 0$aUnborn children (Law) 615 0$aRight to life. 615 0$aAbortion$xLaw and legislation. 615 0$aHuman rights. 676 $a341.48572 700 $aJoseph$b Rita$01570596 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778693803321 996 $aHuman rights and the unborn child$93844349 997 $aUNINA