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A comparison of self-evaluating state reporting systems (II)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2010

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Implementation of International Humanitarian Law
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1995

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58 See note 56; the ILO system is computerized; revision is under consideration.

59 See note 54.