Regulatory networks and regional human rights governance

A study of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions

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ID7810746
AuthorsCorina Lacatus (0000-0002-3776-0850, Queen Mary University of London, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume36
Issue2
Pages192-213
Publication date2022-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00471178211052880
OpenAlexW3206501134
LanguageEN
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Transnational regional networks of regulatory bodies play a prominent role in complex systems of human rights governance. Despite their growing importance, we still have much to learn about the roles regional networks play as regulatory stewards in the field of human rights. I draw on the literature about regulatory stewardship to analyse a recently formalised regulatory network operating in Europe – the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions. The analysis proposes a model of global governance for human rights that includes networks of national human rights institutions as intermediaries. Moreover, it draws on some of the main concepts of network analysis to assesses the European network’s development into a ‘network administrative organisation’ and applies the model of regulatory stewardship to analyse the institutional network’s use of hierarchical and managerial stewardship to: support its member institutions; stimulate intra-network communication and learning; gain access to international networks; and to shape the regional human rights agenda

Business · Corporate governance · Human rights · Intermediary · Network governance · Political science · Stewardship (theology) · Finance · Law · Marketing · Ombudsman and Human Rights · Public Administration · Regulation and Compliance Studies

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