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Myth or Lived Reality: On the (In)Effectiveness of Human Rights

Myth or Lived Reality: On the (In)Effectiveness of Human Rights

Author: Claire Boost; Andrea Broderick; Fons Coomans; Roland Moerland
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press
ISBN: 9789462654464
Published In: May 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: Netherlands ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This book seeks to explore, from a multidisciplinary perspective, whether human rights are, in fact, a myth or a lived reality. Over the years much has been said about their effectiveness or, rather, their ineffectiveness.

This perceived ineffectiveness relates not only to institutional challenges at the international level, but also to national implementation mechanisms and processes. In addition, questions have arisen as to whether individuals or groups of individuals actually benefit from the normative guarantees contained in human rights law and whether human rights as legal constructs can be effectively translated into better outcomes.

This volume can be distinguished from the existing literature by virtue of the fact that it not only brings together scholars at different stages of their careers, but also that it incorporates contributions that adopt different methodological perspectives and cover a variety of topics.

The book should prove of great benefit to human rights researchers, human rights practitioners, NGOs and students.

Chapter 1. The (In)Effectiveness of Human Rights: Mapping Existing Research - An Introduction

Part I. The Effectiveness of International Law: Institutions and Processes

Chapter 2. Effectiveness of the ICESCR Complaint Mechanism - An Analysis and Discussion of the Spanish Housing Rights Cases

Chapter 3. Effective Distance: A Polish Dissident's Encounter with Amnesty International and its Western-born Rules

Part II. The Effectiveness of Human Rights Monitoring and Implementation at the Domestic Level

Chapter 4. Does the Right to Education Lead to Better Primary Education Outcomes?

Chapter 5. Paving the Way for Effective Socio-Economic Rights? The Domestic Enforcement of the European Social Charter System in Light of Recent Judicial Practice

Chapter 6. How Human Rights Cross-Pollinate and Take Root: Local Governments and Refugees in Turkey

Part III. Human Rights at the Individual Level: Individual Experiences and Key Actors

Chapter 7. Child Participation as the Holy Grail: Effective and Meaningful Participation in Judicial Proceedings? The Cases of the Immigration System and the Youth Care System in the Netherlands

Chapter 8. Human Rights Localisation and Individual Agency: From 'Hobby of the Few' to the Few Behind the Hobby

Annex: Toogdag 2019 Report