Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; PART I Actors, Institutions, and Institutional Innovations; 1 Redefining Sovereignty: Humanitarianism's Challenge to Sovereign Immunity; 2 Sovereignty Transformed? The Role of National Human Rights Institutions; 3 A New Actor in Human Rights Politics? Transgovernmental Networks of National Human Rights Institutions; 4 Universalism Meets Sovereignty at the International Criminal Court; 5 The Responsibility to Protect: Embracing Sovereignty and Human Rights.
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Providing an overview of institutional developments and innovations in human rights politics, this volume discusses some of the most important current and emerging human rights issues. It takes stock of the initiatives, policy responses and innovations of past years to identify some of the challenges that will likely require bold and innovative solutions. The contributions offer a direct challenge to entrenched notions of state sovereignty and represent a departure from established ways of policy making.
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Negotiating sovereignty and human rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.