Ireland voters approve children's rights amendment

[JURIST] Voters in Ireland on Saturday approved a constitutional amendment [text] on children's rights that changes existing wording in the constitution to make certain rights more explicit. The new article focuses on making several case law principles explicitly protected in the constitution. First, the amendment repealed Article 42.5 [text] which outlines the cases in which the state may step in as guardian of the child. The new language of Article 42A.2 [Referendum Commission backgrounder] allows the state to take "proportionate"...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2012/11/ireland-voters-approve-childrens-rights-amendment.php

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