| ISBN | 9781107086302 |
| Call Number | K3239.8 .H85 2014 |
| Title | Human rights and the universal periodic review : rituals and ritualism / edited by Hilary Charlesworth and Emma Larking. |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Imprint | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. |
| Physical | xvi, 297 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and index. |
| Content | 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 Kalin -- 2. The Universal Periodic Review as a public audit ritual: an anthropological perspective on emerging practices in the global governance of human rights / Jane 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. The 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. The Universal Periodic Review: building a bridge between the Pacific and Geneva? / Natalie Baird -- 10. The 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. |
| Subject | Human rights monitoring -- Congresses. |
| Added Entry | Charlesworth, Hilary. |
| | Larking, Emma. |
| Holding | LIC |
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