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CAT Commentary - Article 12 - Ex Officio Investigation - Extracts

last updated Apr 05, 2011

Extracts from "The United Nations Convention Against Torture - A Commentary" by Manfred Nowak and Elizabeth McArthur, 2008, Oxford University Press

OUP CAT Commentary - Extract - Article 12 - Ex Officio Investigation - Pp 431-434

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