Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons

Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons

The vulnerability of children, the elderly and people with disabilities, as minority social groups, attracts special protection not only in Brazilian law, but also in international treaties of human rights. This Article presents an overview of this issue, and identifies the challenges related to the...

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Main Author: Nogueira da Gama Guilherme Calmon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-10-01
Series:British Journal of American Legal Studies
Subjects:
constitutional and international law
federal constitution
minority groups
status of elderly
children and persons with disabilities
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2020-0010
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constitutional and international law
federal constitution
minority groups
status of elderly
children and persons with disabilities
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title Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons
title_short Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons
title_full Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons
title_fullStr Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons
title_full_unstemmed Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons
title_sort human rights challenges in brazil: children and vulnerable persons
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series British Journal of American Legal Studies
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publishDate 2020-10-01
description The vulnerability of children, the elderly and people with disabilities, as minority social groups, attracts special protection not only in Brazilian law, but also in international treaties of human rights. This Article presents an overview of this issue, and identifies the challenges related to the effectiveness of the juridical protection available to these groups.
topic constitutional and international law
federal constitution
minority groups
status of elderly
children and persons with disabilities
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