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Human rights and U.S. foreign policy

1992 report and recommendations

by Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)

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Published by The Committee in New York .
Written in

    Places:
  • United States
    • Subjects:
    • Civil rights.,
    • Human rights.,
    • United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989.,
    • United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-

    • Edition Notes

      StatementLawyers Committee for Human Rights.
      Classifications
      LC ClassificationsJC571 .L299 1992
      The Physical Object
      Paginationiv, 86 p. ;
      Number of Pages86
      ID Numbers
      Open LibraryOL1347392M
      ISBN 10093414351X
      LC Control Number92235339

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