Obstacles to, and opportunities for, ratification of the ICRMW in Asia

Migration and Human Rights: The United Nations Convention on Migrant Workers Rights

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 171-192

  Piper, Nicola ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84926999797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511811272.007     Document Type: Chapter

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