Domestication of children's rights in national legal systems in African context: Progress and prospects

Children's Rights in Africa: A Legal Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 53-72

  Sloth Nielsen, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

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