Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine

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International human rights law

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Wordery

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Cambridge university press

Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine : Cambridge University Press : 9781316519998 : 1316519996 : 05 Aug 2021 : "In this book, Hedi Viterbo radically challenges our picture of law, human rights, and childhood, both in and beyond the Israel/Palestine context. He reveals how Israel, rather than disregarding international law and children's rights, has used them to hone and legitimize its violence against Palestinians. He exposes the human rights community's complicity in this situation, due to its problematic assumptions about childhood, its uncritical embrace of international law, and its recurring emulation of Israel's security discourse. He examines how, and to what effect, both the state and its critics manufacture, shape, and weaponize the categories 'child' and 'adult.' Bridging disciplinary divides, Viterbo analyzes hundreds of previously unexamined sources, many of which are not publicly available. Bold, sophisticated, and informative, Problematizing Law,

100 GBP