What transforms ordinary people into gross human rights violators?

Understanding Human Rights Violations: New Systematic Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 239-253

  Smeulers, Alette ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85082908054     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351143806-18     Document Type: Chapter

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