Does membership have its privileges?: Entrance into the council of Europe and compliance with human rights norms

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 660-688

  Jordan, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN RIGHTS; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

(CENTRAL); (EAST); ASIA; EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0043239137     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2003.0033     Document Type: Article

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