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A Child’s Right to Be Heard and Be Represented in the Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Analysis of Estonian and Cambodian Law to CRC Cover

A Child’s Right to Be Heard and Be Represented in the Criminal Procedure: A Comparative Analysis of Estonian and Cambodian Law to CRC

By: Kristi Joamets and  Muy Seo ngouv  
Open Access
|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0040 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
Language: English
Page range: 127 - 149
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
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