State-Sponsored Homophobia and the Denial of the Right of Assembly in Central and Eastern Europe: The "Boomerang" and the "Ricochet" between European Organizations and Civil Society to Uphold Human Rights

Law and Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 1-28

  Holzhacker, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84874551796     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2012.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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