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Human rights are at a crossroads. This book considers how these rights can be reconstructed in challenging times, with changes in the pathways to the realization of human rights and new developments in human rights law and policy, illustrated with case studies from Africa, Europe, and the Americas.Contesting Human Rights traces the balance between the dynamics of diffusion, resistance and innovation in the field. The book examines a range of issues from the effectiveness of norm-promotion by advocacy campaigns to the backlash facing human rights advocates. The expert contributors suggest that new opportunities at and below the state level, and creative contests of global governance, can help reconstruct human rights in the face of modern challenges. Critical case studies trace new pathways emerging in the United Nations' Universal Periodic Review, regional human rights courts, constitutional incorporation of international norms, and human rights cities.With its innovative approach to human rights and comprehensive coverage of global, national and regional trends, Contesting Human Rights will be an invaluable tool for scholars and students of human rights, global governance, law and politics. It will also be useful for human rights advocates with a keen interest in the evolution of the human rights landscape.Contributors include: G. Andreopoulos, C. Apodaca, P.M. Ayoub, A. Brysk, P. Elizalde, A. Feldman, M. Goodhart, C. Hillebrecht, P.C. McMahon, S. Meili, M. Mullinax, A. Murdie, B. Park, W. Sandholtz, M. Stohl
Edited by Alison Brysk, Distinguished Professor, Department of Global Studies and Political Science and Michael Stohl, Professor of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara, US
Contents: 1. Introduction: Contesting Human Rights: Pathways of ChangeAlison BryskPART IPATHWAYS2. Building Momentum: Changes in Advocacy Discourse Around Early Child Marriage, 2011-2017Amanda Murdie, Baekkwan Park, Jaqueline Hart and Margo Mullinex3. Tensions in Rights: Navigating Emerging Contradictions in the Emerging LGBT Rights RevolutionPhillip M. Ayoub4. Better Late Than Never? The Evolving Responsibility of Internatioal OrganizationsGeorge AndreopoulousPART IIREGIME DEVELOPMENT5. A Horizontal Pathway to Impact? An Assessment of the Universal Periodic Review at 10Pilar Elizalde6. The Trans-Regional Construction of Human RightsWayne Sandholtz, Adam Feldman7. The Effectiveness of an Emerging Pathway of Rights: The Constitutionalization of Human Rights LawStephen Meili8. Human Rights Cities: Making the Global LocalMichael GoodhartPART IIICONTRACTIONS AND LIMITATIONS9. Advocacy and Accountability in the Age of Backlash: NGOs and Regional CourtsCourtney Hillebrecht10.What Went Wrong: Backlash and Contradictions in Central and Eastern EuropePatrice C. McMahon11. Emerging Contradictions in US Human Rights Policy: The Trump Agenda The Trump AgendaClair Apodaca12. It Was The Best of Times, It Was The Worst of Times: Conclusions on Contesting Human RightsMichael StohlIndex
‘This book will definitely serve as a good supplementary text for human rights courses and handy reference for seasoned practitioners and advocates.’
