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Author Breen, Claire.

Title Age discrimination and children's rights : ensuring equality and acknowledging difference / Claire Breen.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 226 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series International studies in human rights ; v. 86
International studies in human rights ; v. 86.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 'Difference' or discrimination? Exploring the concepts underpinning children's rights, discrimination and the need to acknowledge difference -- Children's rights and medical treatment : issues of capacity, choice and consent -- Human-assisted reproduction and the child's right to identity -- The corporal punishment of children in New Zealand : the power of parental rights in New Zealand -- Taking liberties : the detention of the at-risk child in Ireland -- Age discrimination and the rights of Irish-born children of asylum seekers.
Summary Explores the extent to which children's rights are secured at the national level, and the reasons why they have or have not been recognised and secured by various states at the level of domestic law. This book examines the theoretical and legal underpinnings of gender and race discrimination, at both the domestic and international level.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Children's rights.
Children's rights.
Age discrimination.
Age discrimination.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Breen, Claire. Age discrimination and children's rights. Leiden ; Boston : M. Nijhoff, 2006 9789004148277 (DLC) 2005054040 (OCoLC)61652836
ISBN 9789047417538 (electronic book)
9047417534 (electronic book)
9004148272 (alkaline paper)
Standard No. 10.1163/ej.9789004148277.i-232