Loopholes, risks and ambivalences in international lawmaking; the case of a framework convention on victims’ rights

Netherlands Yearbook of International Law

Volumn 37, Issue , 2006, Pages 109-154

  van Genügten, Willem ^a   van Gestel, Rob ^b   Groenhuijsen, Marc ^b   Letschert, Rianne ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84885716417     PISSN: 01676768     EISSN: 15740951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0167676806001097     Document Type: Article

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