TY - BOOK AU - Joseph,Rita ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Human rights and the unborn child AV - K642 .J67 2009eb U1 - 341.48572 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Martinus Nijhoff Publishers KW - Unborn children (Law) KW - Right to life KW - Abortion KW - Law and legislation KW - Human rights KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10349097 ER -