The domestic impact and effectiveness of the process of state reporting under UN human rights treaties in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Finland : paper-pushing or policy prompting? / Jasper Krommendijk.
2014
K3240 .K76 2014 (Mapit)
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Krommendijk, Jasper, author.
Title
The domestic impact and effectiveness of the process of state reporting under UN human rights treaties in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Finland : paper-pushing or policy prompting? / Jasper Krommendijk.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia, [2014]
Description
xxiv, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series
School of Human Rights Research series ; v. 63.
Formatted Contents Note
Theoretical framework
Methodological framework
The role and place of human rights and state reporting in the Netherlands
ICERD [Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination]
ICCPR [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]
ICESCR [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]
CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women]
CAT [Convention Against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment]
CRC [Convention on the Rights of the Child]
Comparison of the findings for the Netherlands
New Zealand
Finland
Conclusion: Main findings and reflections.
Methodological framework
The role and place of human rights and state reporting in the Netherlands
ICERD [Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination]
ICCPR [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]
ICESCR [International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights]
CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women]
CAT [Convention Against Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment]
CRC [Convention on the Rights of the Child]
Comparison of the findings for the Netherlands
New Zealand
Finland
Conclusion: Main findings and reflections.
Summary
"The number of international human rights treaties and monitoring mechanisms has grown considerably over the past decades. States are increasingly confronted with criticism as to their domestic human rights record. What is the effect of all these treaties, monitoring and criticism? Do they lead to changes and improvements? This book addresses such questions. More in particular, it investigates the domestic impact and effectiveness of the process of state reporting under the six main UN human rights treaties in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Finland. The focus is on the effectiveness of the recommendations of the treaty bodies and the extent to which policy or legislation is changed as a result of these recommendations. This question has hardly been addressed before. This book fills this empirical gap and provides insights into the factors at both the national and international level which contribute to the effectiveness of the treaty bodies' recommendations. The book is original and thorough in its approach because it is based on an extensive analysis of a wide variety of documents as well as 175 interviews with various domestic human rights stakeholders in the three countries. This includes government officials, NGO representatives, members of parliament, lawyers and judges, representatives from human rights and Ombudsman institutions and academics. The book discusses a large number of concrete examples of effective recommendations of the treaty bodies to illustrate the major conclusions"--Page 4 of cover.
Note
Based on the author's dissertation.
"The number of international human rights treaties and monitoring mechanisms has grown considerably over the past decades. States are increasingly confronted with criticism as to their domestic human rights record. What is the effect of all these treaties, monitoring and criticism? Do they lead to changes and improvements? This book addresses such questions. More in particular, it investigates the domestic impact and effectiveness of the process of state reporting under the six main UN human rights treaties in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Finland. The focus is on the effectiveness of the recommendations of the treaty bodies and the extent to which policy or legislation is changed as a result of these recommendations. This question has hardly been addressed before. This book fills this empirical gap and provides insights into the factors at both the national and international level which contribute to the effectiveness of the treaty bodies' recommendations. The book is original and thorough in its approach because it is based on an extensive analysis of a wide variety of documents as well as 175 interviews with various domestic human rights stakeholders in the three countries. This includes government officials, NGO representatives, members of parliament, lawyers and judges, representatives from human rights and Ombudsman institutions and academics. The book discusses a large number of concrete examples of effective recommendations of the treaty bodies to illustrate the major conclusions"--Page 4 of cover.
"The number of international human rights treaties and monitoring mechanisms has grown considerably over the past decades. States are increasingly confronted with criticism as to their domestic human rights record. What is the effect of all these treaties, monitoring and criticism? Do they lead to changes and improvements? This book addresses such questions. More in particular, it investigates the domestic impact and effectiveness of the process of state reporting under the six main UN human rights treaties in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Finland. The focus is on the effectiveness of the recommendations of the treaty bodies and the extent to which policy or legislation is changed as a result of these recommendations. This question has hardly been addressed before. This book fills this empirical gap and provides insights into the factors at both the national and international level which contribute to the effectiveness of the treaty bodies' recommendations. The book is original and thorough in its approach because it is based on an extensive analysis of a wide variety of documents as well as 175 interviews with various domestic human rights stakeholders in the three countries. This includes government officials, NGO representatives, members of parliament, lawyers and judges, representatives from human rights and Ombudsman institutions and academics. The book discusses a large number of concrete examples of effective recommendations of the treaty bodies to illustrate the major conclusions"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
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Call Number
K3240 .K76 2014
Language
English
ISBN
9781780682440 paperback
1780682441 paperback
1780682441 paperback
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