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4 - Performance of Regional Human Rights Courts

from Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2018

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Dinah Shelton
Edited by
Theresa Squatrito ,
Oran R. Young ,
Andreas Follesdal  and
Geir Ulfstein
Theresa Squatrito
Affiliation:
University of Liverpool
Oran R. Young
Affiliation:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Andreas Follesdal
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
Geir Ulfstein
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
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The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals , pp. 114 - 153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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