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Article 19 - Protection of medical units and establishments

from Chapter III - Medical units and establishments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2017

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Commentary on the First Geneva Convention
Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
, pp. 629 - 645
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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