The ethical dilemmas of international human rights and humanitarian NGOs: Reflections on a dialogue between practitioners and theorists

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 300-329

  Bell, Daniel A ^a,b   Carens, Joseph H ^c  

^a Stanford's Center for Advanced Study   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN AID; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2542439895     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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