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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2012Description: 351p xiISBN:
  • 9780521150170
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 341.481000 GOO
Contents:
Table of contents 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 nacion 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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Table of contents
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 nacion 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.