Addressing the compliance gap? un initiatives to benchmark the human rights performance of states and corporations

Review of International Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 925-945

  Harrison, James ^a   Sekalala, Sharifah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949960473     PISSN: 02602105     EISSN: 14699044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026021051500039X     Document Type: Review

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