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From Kuwait to Ukraine: Conflict’s Implications on the Natural Environment and the Responses of International Humanitarian Law Cover

From Kuwait to Ukraine: Conflict’s Implications on the Natural Environment and the Responses of International Humanitarian Law

By: Lucia Wirthová  
Open Access
|Oct 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2023-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2464-6601 | Journal ISSN: 12138770
Language: English
Page range: 117 - 138
Published on: Oct 13, 2023
Published by: Palacký University Olomouc
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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