The Legal Relationship between the UN and the IOM: What Has Changed since the 2016 Cooperation Agreement?

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The Legal Relationship between the UN and the IOM : What Has Changed since the 2016 Cooperation Agreement? / Cullen, Miriam.

IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion. ed. / Megan Bradley; Cathryn Costello; Angela Sherwood. Cambridge University Press, 2023. p. 161-184.

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Harvard

Cullen, M 2023, The Legal Relationship between the UN and the IOM: What Has Changed since the 2016 Cooperation Agreement? in M Bradley, C Costello & A Sherwood (eds), IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion. Cambridge University Press, pp. 161-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009184175.008

APA

Cullen, M. (2023). The Legal Relationship between the UN and the IOM: What Has Changed since the 2016 Cooperation Agreement? In M. Bradley, C. Costello, & A. Sherwood (Eds.), IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion (pp. 161-184). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009184175.008

Vancouver

Cullen M. The Legal Relationship between the UN and the IOM: What Has Changed since the 2016 Cooperation Agreement? In Bradley M, Costello C, Sherwood A, editors, IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion. Cambridge University Press. 2023. p. 161-184 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009184175.008

Author

Cullen, Miriam. / The Legal Relationship between the UN and the IOM : What Has Changed since the 2016 Cooperation Agreement?. IOM Unbound? Obligations and Accountability of the International Organization for Migration in an Era of Expansion. editor / Megan Bradley ; Cathryn Costello ; Angela Sherwood. Cambridge University Press, 2023. pp. 161-184

Bibtex

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