THE RIGHT OF THE CHILD TO LIFE
Keywords:
child, child's right to life, unborn child (fetus), disabled childAbstract
The article analyzes international treaties and their types concerning the child's right to life. The article also investigates the concept of a child and the child's right to life and their reflection in universal and regional international agreements, emphasizing their importance and shortcomings in ensuring the child's right to life. Proceeding from this, in the article is given proposals for improving international treaties on the child's right to life.
References
Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924, adopted Sept. 26, 1924, League of Nations O.J. Spec. Supp. 21, at 43 (1924).
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Convention on the Rights of the Child
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
European Convention on the Exercise of Children's Rights
European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children
Covenant on the Rights of Child in Islam
Whose right to life: Women’s Rights and Prenatal Protections under Human Rights and Comparative Law
Inter-American Convention on International Traffic in Minors (B-57)
Inter-American Convention on the International Return of Children
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
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