The Social Sciences

Year: 2014
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Page No. 29 - 36

Compliance with the International Human Rights Standards and the High Court’s Guidelines for Prohibition of Torture: An Effective Way to Curb Torture in Bangladesh

Authors : Shajeda Akther and Rohaida Binti Nordin

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