Effects of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on child mortality and vaccination rates: a synthetic control analysis

Abstract Background Scholars have long been sceptical about the effectiveness of human rights treaties in changing the behaviour of states parties and prior empirical research has often justified that scepticism. However, only a few prior studies have considered the effects of adoption of core human...

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Main Author: Gary W. Reinbold
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC International Health and Human Rights
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-019-0211-9