Hand in hand against climate change: cultural human rights and the protection of cultural heritage

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 699-716

  Maus, Sylvia ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84919847122     PISSN: 09557571     EISSN: 1474449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09557571.2014.960811     Document Type: Article

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