Human Rights Impact Assessment in practice: The case of the health rights of women assessment instrument (HeRWAI)

Journal of Human Rights Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 436-458

  Bakker, Saskia ^a   Van Den Berg, Marieke ^a   Düzenli, Deniz ^a   Radstaake, Marike ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aim for human rights; HeRWAI; Human Rights Impact Assessment; Methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957132631     PISSN: 17579619     EISSN: 17579627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhuman/hup017     Document Type: Review

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