Boycotts, Funds, and Class Actions: Democratic Imperative Mechanisms against Corporate Complicity in Human Rights Violations
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عنوان ژورنال: The Palestine Yearbook of International Law Online
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2211-6141
DOI: 10.1163/22116141_018010006