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Transnational Corporations – Duty Bearers of Obligations to Respect Right to Food and Right to Environment as Human Rights: From Utopia to Reality?

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|Feb 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2023-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2464-6601 | Journal ISSN: 12138770
Language: English
Page range: 67 - 85
Published on: Feb 5, 2024
Published by: Palacký University Olomouc
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