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Incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in National Law

Simon Hoffman Orcid Logo, Rebecca Thorburn Stern

The International Journal of Children’s Rights, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 133 - 156

Swansea University Author: Simon Hoffman Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1163/15718182-02801001

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Incorporation is amongst the legislative measures of implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) recommended by the Committee on the Rights of the Child. This article will discuss incorporation of the CRC in national law. It will show how incorporation is understood in diffe...

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Published in: The International Journal of Children’s Rights
ISSN: 0927-5568 1571-8182
Published: Brill 2020
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