The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Demystification of Second and Third Generation Rights under the African Charter: Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) and the Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR) v. Nigeria

African Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-146

  Nwobike, Justice C ^a  

^a RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

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EID: 84929725195     PISSN: 22109730     EISSN: 17087384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/221097312X13397499736101     Document Type: Article

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