02359nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10349097 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090521s2009 ne sb 001 0 eng 2009021220 GBA955068 bnb 015271816 Uk 9789004175600 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004175601 (hardback : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)570375516 K642 .J67 2009eb 341.48572 22 Joseph, Rita. Human rights and the unborn child [electronic resource] / by Rita Joseph. Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009. xviii, 347 p. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Unborn children (Law) Right to life. Abortion Law and legislation. Human rights. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10349097 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 42227 42227