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r2p and the Novel: The Trope of the Abandoned Refugee Child in Stella Leventoyannis Harvey’s The Brink of Freedom r2p与小说:斯特拉·列文托扬尼斯·哈维《自由的边缘》中被遗弃的难民儿童的比喻

Children and the Responsibility to Protect Pub Date : 2018-03-22 DOI: 10.1163/1875984X-01001008

Erin Goheen Glanville

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Responsibility to Protect the Future: Children on the Move and the Politics of Becoming 保护未来的责任:流动中的儿童和成长中的政治

Children and the Responsibility to Protect Pub Date : 2018-03-22 DOI: 10.1163/1875984X-01001007

Jana C Tabak, Letícia Carvalho

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