Comparing children's rights: Introducing the children's rights index

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Gran, Brian K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's rights; Comparison; International

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952664369     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181809X457905     Document Type: Article

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