The Involuntary, Non-Therapeutic Sterilisation of Women and Girls with an Intellectual Disability – Can It Ever Be Justified?
This paper examines whether the involuntary, non-therapeutic sterilisation of women and girls with an intellectual disability can ever be justified under international law. There has been a tendency by international human rights bodies and advocates who are opposed to this practice to argue that rig...
Main Authors: | John Tobin, Elliot Luke |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Victoria University
2013-12-01
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Series: | Victoria University Law and Justice Journal |
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Online Access: | https://vulj.vu.edu.au/index.php/vulj/article/view/24 |
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