The professional identity of the human rights field officer

The Professional Identity of the Human Rights Field Officer

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-486

  O'Flaherty, Michael ^a   Ulrich, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Riga Graduate School of Law   (Latvia)

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