Research Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice

Edited by Rachel Murray, Professor of International Human Rights Law, Director Human Rights Implementation Centre and Debra Long, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Deputy Director Human Rights Implementation Centre, University of Bristol, UK

Contents:

1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Implementation of Human
Rights in Practice 1
Rachel Murray and Debra Long

PART I RETHINKING IMPLEMENTATION AND
METHODOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS
2 Implementation and compliance 17
Andreas von Staden
3 Reparations in human rights law 36
Dinah Shelton
4 Unveiling hidden variations: contemporary trends in compliance with
international human rights institutions 59
Jillienne Haglund and Courtney Hillebrecht
5 Implementation of human rights decisions in the African human rights system 79
Gaye Sowe and Eric Bizimana
6 Compliance and compensation: money as a currency of human rights 98
Veronika Fikfak

PART II ACTORS
7 Implementers or facilitators of implementation? Governmental human
rights focal points’ complex role in enhancing human rights compliance
at the national level 119
Sébastien Lorion and Stéphanie Lagoutte
8 The role of parliaments in implementing decisions and
recommendations from supranational human rights bodies 140
Brian Chang and Murray Hunt
9 Domestic gatekeepers or international enforcers? National courts’
engagement with decisions of international human rights courts and
treaty bodies 163
Jasper Krommendijk
10 The global human rights ‘implementation agenda’ and the genesis of NMIRFs 187
Marc Limon
11 The reformation of implementation of human rights by the UN treaty
body system 211
Malcolm D. Evans

PART III TOOLS TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION
12 A vibrant interplay: tools and systems for monitoring human rights
implementation 235
Christian M. De Vos and Ashrakat Mohammed
13 The role of negotiations and diplomacy in encouraging State
implementation of human rights 256
Kriangsak Kittichaisaree
14 Compliance hearings before the Inter-American Court of Human
Rights: unleashing the dynamics of implementation 274
Edward Pérez and Clara Sandoval
15 Prevention, intervention and care management: case studies of
vulnerable populations in South Africa 292
Lillian Artz and Leon Holtzhausen
16 Human rights indicators and implementation 310
Todd Landman and Katarina Schwarz
17 The use of IT for compliance with supranational bodies 328
Jonas Grimheden

Index