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The Idea of International Human Rights Law. / Wheatley, Steven Michael.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 220 p.

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Wheatley, SM 2019, The Idea of International Human Rights Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198749844.001.0001

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Wheatley, S. M. (2019). The Idea of International Human Rights Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198749844.001.0001

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Wheatley SM. The Idea of International Human Rights Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. 220 p. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198749844.001.0001

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Wheatley, Steven Michael. / The Idea of International Human Rights Law. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019. 220 p.

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