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The UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Review and Next Steps

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When consumer rights first began to be internationally considered, following North American President John Kennedy’s speech to the United States Congress on March 15, 1962, it was unlikely to predict that such theme would become an international concern.

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    http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Viewer/Archives/JFKPOF-037-028.aspx (accessed on March 25th, 2016).

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    Hanhimaki (2008), pp. 20–25.

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    Resolution A/C.2/54/L.24 9TH.

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    http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/39/a39r248.htm.

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    http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=65.

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    http://unctad.org/en/pages/MeetingDetails.aspx?meetingid=350.

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    http://unctad.org/Sections/ditc_ccpb/docs/UNGCPCont_CI_en.pdf.

  8. 8.

    http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ADHOC2013_CCPB_FullReport_en.pdf.

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    http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ADHOC2013_CCPB_FullReport_en.pdf.

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    http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/DITC_CCPB2015_Informal%20Expert%20Meeting%2027.03.15_FullReport.pdf.

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    http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/DITC_CCPB2015_UNGCP_InformCons_04.06.2015_Report.pdf.

  12. 12.

    http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ares70d186_en.pdf.

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    Rodriguez José and Marques (Coord.) (2014), pp. 829–834.

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    https://assets.hcch.net/docs/5de9c911-2516-45ca-a995-23f3d3dea2d8.pdf.

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    https://assets.hcch.net/upload/wop/genaff2015pd02.pdf.

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    http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2011-2014/2013/decreto/d7963.htm.

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    Cipriano Ana Cândida Muniz et al. (2014), pp. 39–45.

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    http://unctad.org/meetings/en/SessionalDocuments/ares70d186_en.pdf.

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    http://www.un.org/sg/statements/index.asp?nid=9641.

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Muniz Cipriano, A.C., Santana, H.V. (2017). The UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Review and Next Steps. In: Lima Marques, C., Wei, D. (eds) Consumer Law and Socioeconomic Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55624-6_2

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