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In this concluding chapter, we will address the international youth movement for the vote at 16 as an era-defining human rights struggle that merits recognition as such.
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Grover, S.C. (2011). Concluding Comments. In: Young People’s Human Rights and The Politics of Voting Age. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8963-2_11
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