Research handbook on the politics of human rights law / edited by Bård A. Andreassen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andreassen, Bård-Anders, editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in law and politics

Research handbooks in law and politics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law and human rights--Political aspects.

International law and human rights.

Human rights--Political aspects.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (510 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"International human rights law is undoubtedly intertwined with politics. This Research Handbook explores and provokes reflection on how politics impacts human rights legislation and, conversely, how human rights law shapes politics and the functioning of the state. Bringing together leading international scholars in human rights law and politics, the Research Handbook provides theoretical reflections and empirical analyses across the areas of governance and policies and examines the implementation mechanisms of human rights law in national and international jurisdictions. Chapters discuss issues such as the mobilization of human rights in developing countries, the politics of torture and resource allocation, and the influence of politics on international institutions. It also presents a critical analysis of the human rights regimes in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, and how the state works in ways which respect the ethics and values of human rights law. Providing a comprehensive overview of the reciprocal relationship between politics and human rights legislation, this Research Handbook will be essential reading for students and academics in human rights, international politics, law and politics, and public policy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introductory essay: the politics of international human rights law

Part I Governance and institutions

1. The closing and resilience of civic space from a human rights perspective: scope, causes, responses

2. Governance and human rights: African challenges

3. Writing political histories of international human rights law

4. Power and civic action: mobilisation for human rights in developing societies

5. Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association - practices and obstacles

6. The role of national human rights systems in the implementation of international human rights law

7. The relevance of governance and multi-level governance to the study of human rights: insights from business and human rights

8. The politics of torture: legal, social and political dynamics

9. Rooting rights in local spaces? Transformations in gender relations and citizen engagement

Part II Distributive justice and public policies

10. The SDG agenda and human rights

11. Poverty and civil and political rights

12. Politics of resources allocation: tax, expenditure and inequality in the human rights supervisory bodies

Part III International politics

13. Globalization and human rights

14. The influence of politics on the work of the UN human rights treaty bodies

15. International human rights law, politics and international financial institutions: the case of the World Bank

16. The African human rights system: a critical appraisal

17. The quest for an (effective) Southeast Asian human right system

18. The EU human rights regime: development, actors, policy framework and effectiveness

19. Citizenship and international human rights law - enduring enigma of the Middle East

20. The politics of international human rights and development aid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Andreassen, Bård A. Research Handbook on the Politics of Human Rights Law

ISBN:

9781789908831

OCLC:

1350839993