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3 - Human Rights and Human Welfare: Looking for a “Dark Side” to International Human Rights Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2017

Stephen Hopgood
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Jack Snyder
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York
Leslie Vinjamuri
Affiliation:
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
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