Lessons from Stockholm: Evaluating the Global Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
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عنوان ژورنال: Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1543-0367
DOI: 10.1353/gls.2003.0025