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2 - Human Rights Data, Processes, and Outcomes: How Recent Research Points to a Better Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

By
Geoff Dancy  and
Kathryn Sikkink
Edited by
Stephen Hopgood ,
Jack Snyder  and
Leslie Vinjamuri
Stephen Hopgood
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Jack Snyder
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Leslie Vinjamuri
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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Human Rights Futures , pp. 24 - 59
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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