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Title

The landmark rulings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on the rights of the child : protecting the most vulnerable at the edge / by Mónica Feria Tinta.

Author

Feria Tinta, Mónica, 1966-

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.

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Description

xxiv, 671 pages; 25 cm.

Series Statement

International studies in human rights, 0924-4751 ; v. 96

Uniform Title

International studies in human rights ; v. 96.

Subjects

• Children's rights > America > Cases
• Inter-American Court of Human Rights Rules and practice
• Children > Legal status, laws, etc > America

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Protecting the right to life of at-risk children : the street children case -- Children as true legal persons -- The first international law cases concerning the protection of children in times of war in the world -- The right to nationality and to equal protection : the Yean and Bosico children case -- Consolidating principles on the protection of children in internal armed conflicts : the case of the massacre of Mapiripan and the case of the massacres of Ituango vs. Colombia -- The protection of children of indigenous peoples : the case of the Sawhoyamaxa indigenous community v. Paraguay -- The meaning of the superior interest of the child in post conflict societies : Survellon Garcia and others vs. Honduras -- Child soldiers in Paraguay : the case of Vargas Areco -- The pending task of construing the meaning of the rights of the family in the jurisprudence of the court -- Reparations in cases of violations of human rights of children -- Upcoming contentious cases on children's rights in the system.

ISBN

• 9789004165137 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 9004165134 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008007081

OCLC

• ocn193909866
• ocn192079130
• 192079130
• 193909866
• SCSB-5418482

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries