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Author Charlesworth, Hilary.

Title Human rights and the universal periodic review : rituals and ritualism / Hilary Charlesworth and Emma Larking.

Publication Info. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 297 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index.
Summary A sustained analysis of the Universal Periodic Review of human rights, focusing on its rituals and potential ritualism.
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. 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. 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. Universal Periodic Review: building a bridge between the Pacific and Geneva? / Natalie Baird; 10. 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.
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Subject Human rights monitoring -- Congresses.
Human rights monitoring.
Human rights -- Congresses.
Human rights.
LAW -- International.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Subject Human rights.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Larking, Emma.
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