INDEPTH: DAY CARE
Day Care in Canada
CBC Television News Online, February 9, 2005
It was first proposed in 1970 a program that would provide affordable day care across the country.
It was promised when Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives swept to power in 1984. And again four years later.
By the time Jean Chretien's Liberals did some political sweeping of their own in 1993, promises of a national
day-care strategy had fallen victim to the realities of a government wallowing in debt. With budgetary knives
sharpened and drawn, day care would have to wait.
But the economic climate began to shift and in 1997, Quebec introduced its own day-care system, offering spaces at
$5 a day. Demand quickly surpassed supply.
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Humanitarian Law
The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law
Second English Language Edition
By Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier
Translated by Laura Brav and Clémentine Olivier
Comments:
"Under the sponsorship of the international relief
organization Doctors without Borders, Bouchet-Saulnier
has prepared a valuable guide to humanitarian law around
the world. . . . This new edition contains nearly 180
topical entries arranged alphabetically. They are
presented in an easy-to-use format with multiple
subheadings and guides to further reading. The longest
entries focus on compelling topics such as detention,
genocide, international law, peacekeeping, prisoners of
war, refugees, responsibility, and war crimes. . . .
This book belongs in every law library . . .
Recommended."— Choice
Definitions are often the first step toward granting or
denying a person's rights. The Guide's aim is to provide
precise meaning and content for terms such as
"terrorism," "refugee," "genocide," and "intervention" –
terms that the media have introduced into everyday
conversation, yet whose legal and political meanings are
often obscure. The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law
explains the terms, concepts, and rules of humanitarian
law in accessible and reader-friendly alphabetical
entries. Written from the perspective of victims and
those who bring them assistance, the Guide outlines the
dangers, spells out the law, and points the way toward
dealing with violators and violations of the law.
Entries in the Guide are complemented by detailed
bibliographic references; addresses, phone numbers, and
internet addresses of the organizations presented; a
thematic index; and an up-to-date list of the status of
ratification of the more than 20 international
conventions and treaties concerning humanitarian law,
human rights, refugees, and international criminal law.
Published in cooperation with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières.
Link to Doctors without Borders (U.S.A.)
and books provided by them.
About the Author
Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier is the legal counsel for
Médecins Sans Frontières Foundation in Paris, France.
Laura Brav is a fellow with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins
Sans Frontières. Clémentine Olivier is Deputy of the
Legal Director for Médecins Sans Frontières Foundation
in Paris, France.
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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List Price: $39.95 ( U.S.)
Paper 0-7425-5496-1 / 978-0-7425-5496-2
Feb 2007 672pp