Enhancing Deaf People’s Access to Justice in Northern Ireland: Implementing Article 13 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
By: Bronagh Byrne, Brent Elder and Michael Schwartz
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.744 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 74 - 84
Submitted on: Jun 11, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 17, 2021
Published on: Mar 8, 2021
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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