Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Charlesworth & Larking: Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism

Hilary Charlesworth (Australian National Univ. - Law) & Emma Larking (Australian National Univ. - Centre for International Governance and Justice) have published Human Rights and the Universal Periodic Review: Rituals and Ritualism (Cambridge Univ. Press 2015). Contents include:
  • Hilary Charlesworth & Emma Larking, Introduction: the regulatory power of the Universal Periodic Review
  • Walter Kälin, Ritual and ritualism at the Universal Periodic Review: a preliminary appraisal
  • Jane Cowan, The Universal Periodic Review as a public audit ritual: an anthropological perspective on emerging practices in the global governance of human rights
  • Julie Billaud, Keepers of the truth: producing 'transparent' documents for the Universal Periodic Review
  • Roland Chauville, The Universal Periodic Review's first cycle: successes and failures
  • Heather Collister, Rituals and implementation in the Universal Periodic Review and the human rights treaty bodies
  • Ben Schockman & Philip Lynch, Effective NGO engagement with the Universal Periodic Review
  • Sarah Joseph, Global media coverage of the Universal Periodic Review process
  • Benjamin Authers, Representation and suspicion in Canada's appearance under the Universal Periodic Review
  • Natalie Baird, The Universal Periodic Review: building a bridge between the Pacific and Geneva?
  • Constance de la Vega & Cassandra Yamasaki, The effects of the Universal Periodic Review on human rights practices in the United States
  • Takele Soboka Bulto, Africa's engagement with the Universal Periodic Review: commitment or capitulation?
  • Yuyan Wahyuningrum, Indonesia and the Universal Periodic Review: negotiating rights