Human Rights, State Compliance, and Social Change

Herausgeber: Goodman, Ryan; Pegram, Thomas

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Produktbeschreibung

This book critically examines the significance of National Human Rights Institutions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 527g
• ISBN-13: 9780521150170
• ISBN-10: 0521150175
• Artikelnr.: 34386497

Inhaltsangabe

1. 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.