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- ↑ Understanding the Face of Globalization: Human Rights
- ↑ Human Rights in the Internet
- ↑ "Un canario a la vanguardia de los Derechos Humanos". Spanish Language . www.laopinion.es. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ↑ "Derechos Human Rights: UNESCO". Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
