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Notes

  1. The essay rests on fieldwork undertaken in Liberia in December 2007, May 2008, and January/February 2009.

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Acknowledgements

The present research was made possible through a grant from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs through the Training for Peace in Africa Programme (TfP). Schia would also like to thank the Section for Peace and Reconciliation at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for having made parts of this research possible.

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    Benjamin de Carvalho & Niels Nagelhus Schia

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Carvalho, B., Schia, N. Sexual and gender-based violence in Liberia and the case for a comprehensive approach to the rule of law. J Int Relat Dev 14, 134–141 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1057/jird.2010.26

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