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Zamani, S. G., & Attar, S. (2017). Human Rights and the Right to Be Forgotten in the Age of New Information Technologies. International Law Review, 33(55), 81-108. doi: 10.22066/cilamag.2016.23525
MLA
Seyed Ghasem Zamani; Shima Attar. "Human Rights and the Right to Be Forgotten in the Age of New Information Technologies". International Law Review, 33, 55, 2017, 81-108. doi: 10.22066/cilamag.2016.23525
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Zamani, S. G., Attar, S. (2017). 'Human Rights and the Right to Be Forgotten in the Age of New Information Technologies', International Law Review, 33(55), pp. 81-108. doi: 10.22066/cilamag.2016.23525
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Zamani, S. G., Attar, S. Human Rights and the Right to Be Forgotten in the Age of New Information Technologies. International Law Review, 2017; 33(55): 81-108. doi: 10.22066/cilamag.2016.23525
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