The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Author: Edited by Ilias Bantekas, Michael Ashley Stein, and Dimitris AnastasiouISBN: 9780198810667Binding: HardcoverPublication Date: 25 December 2018Price: $350.00 Description This treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Each …
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