Enforcing the child's right to know her origins: Contrasting approaches under the convention on the rights of the child and the european convention on human rights

International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-159

  Besson, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

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EID: 51249150388     PISSN: 13609939     EISSN: 14643707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/lawfam/ebm003     Document Type: Article

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