Contextualising the corporate human rights responsibility in Africa: a social expectation or legal obligation?
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عنوان ژورنال: African Human Rights Yearbook / Annuaire Africain des Droits de l’Homme Volume 1 (2017)
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2523-1367,2523-1367
DOI: 10.29053/2523-1367/2017/v1n1a10