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Human Rights Challenges in Brazil: Children and Vulnerable Persons

Guilherme Calmon Nogueira da Gama

Guilherme Calmon Nogueira da Gama

Permanent Professor of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Law at UnesaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Oct 09, 2020
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Published Online: Oct 09, 2020
Page range: 461 - 473
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjals-2020-0010
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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.

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Law, Public Law, Public Law, other, History, Philosophy and Sociology of Law, International Law, Foreign Law, Comparative Law, International Law, Foreign Law, Comparative Law, other
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