National Human Rights Institutions

Rules, Requirements, and Practice

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ID19987384
AuthorsDavid Langtry (Former Acting Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission), Kirsten Roberts Lyer (0000-0002-3424-7779, Associate Professor of Practice, Central European University, Vienna)
Year2021
Publication date2021-11-18
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueNational Human Rights Institutions (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780198829102.001.0001
OpenAlexW4205686548
Open LibraryOL34793991M
ISBN9780198829102
LanguageEN
Citations received10

This book is an authoritative guide to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in their important role as promoters and protectors of human rights at the national level. Since its earliest assessments of NHRIs in 1998, the Global Alliance of NHRIs’ (GANHRI) Sub-Committee on Accreditation (SCA) has developed a substantive body of work that has examined the operation and practice of over 128 institutions in countries and territories from every part of the globe. Analysed and catalogued in their entirety into an accessible format for the first time, and covering all aspects of NHRIs’ structure and functioning, as well as providing a comprehensive overview of how the SCA works in practice, this book is an indispensable resource for scholars and practitioners who wish to understand and learn how NHRIs operate at the national level, as well as what problems they face and ultimately, how they can be strengthened. Benefitting from the unique insight of David Langtry, a member of the SCA for eleven years, this book is an essential source for all those interested in the role of NHRIs, and more broadly, of all state-established institutions intended to function independently

Human rights · Political science · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Ombudsman and Human Rights

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