Holding the line: Human rights defenders in the age of terror

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-147

  Landman, Todd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TERRORISM;

EID: 33645737810     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2006.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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