Human rights, state compliance, and social change : assessing national human rights institutions /

"This book critically examines the significance of National Human Rights Institutions by collecting work from experts spanning international law, political science, sociology, and human rights practice"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Goodman, Ryan, Pegram, Thomas Innes, 1980-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Temas:
National human rights institutions.
Human rights.
International law.
Institutions nationales des droits de l'homme.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Human rights
International law
National human rights institutions
Menschenrechtsorganisation
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: national human rights institutions, state compliance, and social change / Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram
  • Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality 2. National human rights institutions and state compliance / Sonia Cardenas
  • 3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system / Linda C. Reif
  • 4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact / Julie Mertus
  • Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains 5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system / Chris Sidoti
  • 6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the "voices of suffering" / Obiora Chinedu Okafor
  • 7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty / Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick
  • 8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law / Richard Carver
  • 9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization / Thomas Pegram
  • Part III. NHRIS and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement
  • 10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nación in Argentina / Enrique Peruzzotti
  • 11. Through pressure or persuasion?: explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo / Fredrik Uggla
  • Part IV. Final Reflections 12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs / Peter Rosenblum
  • 13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism / David S. Meyer.

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