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Non-retroactivity, candour and ‘transitional relativism’: a response to the ECtHR judgment in Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Non-retroactivity, candour and ‘transitional relativism’: a response to the ECtHR judgment in Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina. / Sweeney, James.
In: Diritti umani e diritto internazionale, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2014, p. 607-622.

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Sweeney, J 2014, 'Non-retroactivity, candour and ‘transitional relativism’: a response to the ECtHR judgment in Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina', Diritti umani e diritto internazionale, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 607-622. https://doi.org/10.12829/78719

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Sweeney, J. (2014). Non-retroactivity, candour and ‘transitional relativism’: a response to the ECtHR judgment in Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Diritti umani e diritto internazionale, 8(3), 607-622. https://doi.org/10.12829/78719

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Sweeney J. Non-retroactivity, candour and ‘transitional relativism’: a response to the ECtHR judgment in Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Diritti umani e diritto internazionale. 2014;8(3):607-622. doi: 10.12829/78719

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Sweeney, James. / Non-retroactivity, candour and ‘transitional relativism’ : a response to the ECtHR judgment in Maktouf and Damjanović v. Bosnia and Herzegovina. In: Diritti umani e diritto internazionale. 2014 ; Vol. 8, No. 3. pp. 607-622.

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