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Gender Identity Within a Human Rights Framework: International and European Legal Aspects

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Acknowledgments

This research was partially supported by the European Union’s Erasmus+ Program under grant Jean Monnet Module “Inclusive Society Building Through EU Studies: Human Rights Protection in the European Union” (EUIncSo), project number 574570-EPP-1-2016-1-PL-EPPJMO-MODULE.

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  2. Institute of Applied Social Sciences, Centre for Social Studies on Sexuality, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Wiktor Dynarski

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Szczerba-Zawada, A., Dynarski, W. (2020). Gender Identity Within a Human Rights Framework: International and European Legal Aspects. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Gender Equality. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_36-1

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