Human Rights and the UN Universal Periodic Review Mechanism: A Research Companion

Author: Damian Etone; Alice Storey; Amna Nazir
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032524184
Published In: February 2024
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a peer-review mechanism, reviewing all 193 UN Member States’ protection and promotion of human rights. After 10 years of the existence of the UPR mechanisms, this collection examines the effectiveness of the UPR, theoretical and conceptual debates about its modus operandi, and the lessons that can be drawn across different regions/states to identify possible improvements.

The book argues that despite its limitations, the UPR mechanism with its inclusive, cooperative and collaborative framework, is an important human rights mechanism with the potential to evolve over time into an effective cooperative tool for monitoring human rights implementation. Divided into three parts, the first focuses on exploring a variety of theoretical approaches to understanding the UPR mechanism. The second part examines specific human rights themes and the relationship between the UPR mechanism and other international mechanisms. Finally, Part III questions implementation and the ways in which states/regional groupings have engaged with the UPR mechanism and what lessons can be learned for the future.

The volume will be a valuable resource for researchers, academics and policy-makers working in the area of International Human Rights law, International Organizations and International Relations.

Introduction

Damian Etone, Amna Nazir and Alice Storey

PART I: Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Understanding the UPR Mechanism

1. The Universal Periodic Review as an Evolving Process: Examining the Path of Development

Kathryn McNeilly

2. The Universal Periodic Review as Utopia

Amna Nazir, Alice Storey, and Jon Yorke

3. What is the UPR? Thinking about the UPR as a Source of International Law

Frederick Cowell

4. Putting Down Roots: Analysis of UPR Recommendations in the First Three Cycles

Edward R. McMahon & Tomek Botwicz

PART II: The Relationship Between the UPR and Other Human Rights Mechanisms

5. Searching for Recommendation Alignment across UN Human Rights Bodies

Elvira Domínguez-Redondo & Rhona Smith

6. The Universal Periodic Review and Transitional Justice

Damian Etone

7. Universal Periodic Review Prospects for Promoting Support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)

Louisa Ashley

Part III: Assessing State and Regional Engagement with the UPR Mechanism

8. Still a ‘mutual praise society’? The African Group at the Universal Periodic Review

Eduard Jordaan

9. The significance of the UPR in the absence of a regional human rights system: the case of the Asia Pacific

Fiona McGaughey, Amy Maguire, Natalie Baird, James Gomez, Romulo Nayacalevu

10. Unpacking the Enigma of Reporting under the Universal Periodic Review: The Case of Three Southeast Asian Countries

Kazuo Fukuda

11. Navigating Devolution at the UPR: The Case of the United Kingdom

Michael Lane