| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: the regulatory power of the Universal Periodic Review / Hilary Charlesworth and Emma Larking -- Part I. Ritual, Ritualism and the Universal Periodic Review: 1. Ritual and ritualism at the Universal Periodic Review: a preliminary appraisal / Walter Kälin; 2. The Universal Periodic Review as a public audit ritual: an anthropological perspective on emerging practices in the global governance of human rights / Jane K. Cowan; 3. Keepers of the truth: producing 'transparent' documents for the Universal Periodic Review / Julie Billaud -- Part II. Assessing and Engaging with the Universal Periodic Review: 4. The Universal Periodic Review's first cycle: successes and failures / Roland Chauville; 5. Rituals and implementation in the Universal Periodic Review and the human rights treaty bodies / Heather Collister; 6. Effective NGO engagement with the Universal Periodic Review / Ben Schockman and Philip Lynch; 7. Global media coverage of the Universal Periodic Review process / Sarah Joseph -- Part III. State and Regional Engagement with the Universal Periodic Review: 8. Representation and suspicion in Canada's appearance under the Universal Periodic Review / Benjamin Authers; 9. The Universal Periodic Review: building a bridge between the Pacific and Geneva? / Natalie Baird; 10. The effects of the Universal Periodic Review on human rights practices in the United States / Constance de la Vega and Cassandra Yamasaki; 11. Africa's engagement with the Universal Periodic Review: commitment or capitulation? / Takele Soboka Bulto; 12. Indonesia and the Universal Periodic Review: negotiating rights / Yuyan Wahyuningrum |
| Summary |
A sustained analysis of the Universal Periodic Review of human rights, focusing on its rituals and potential ritualism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 7, 2015) |
| Subject |
Human rights monitoring -- Congresses
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Human rights -- Congresses
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LAW -- International.
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Human rights
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Human rights monitoring
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Larking, Emma.
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| ISBN |
1316191788 |
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9781316191781 |
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9781316091289 |
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1316091287 |
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9781316204788 |
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1316204782 |
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9781316206584 |
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1316206580 |
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