Research Handbook on Implementation of Human Rights in Practice

Edited by Rachel Murray, Director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights and Professor of International Human Rights Law, The Faculty of Law, University of Oxford and Debra Long, Senior Research Fellow, Co-Deputy Director Human Rights Implementation Centre, University of Bristol, UK

• Contents:1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Implementation of HumanRights in Practice 1Rachel Murray and Debra LongPART I RETHINKING IMPLEMENTATION ANDMETHODOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS2 Implementation and compliance 17Andreas von Staden3 Reparations in human rights law 36Dinah Shelton4 Unveiling hidden variations: contemporary trends in compliance withinternational human rights institutions 59Jillienne Haglund and Courtney Hillebrecht5 Implementation of human rights decisions in the African human rights system 79Gaye Sowe and Eric Bizimana6 Compliance and compensation: money as a currency of human rights 98Veronika FikfakPART II ACTORS7 Implementers or facilitators of implementation? Governmental humanrights focal points’ complex role in enhancing human rights complianceat the national level 119Sébastien Lorion and Stéphanie Lagoutte8 The role of parliaments in implementing decisions andrecommendations from supranational human rights bodies 140Brian Chang and Murray Hunt9 Domestic gatekeepers or international enforcers? National courts’engagement with decisions of international human rights courts andtreaty bodies 163Jasper Krommendijk10 The global human rights ‘implementation agenda’ and the genesis of NMIRFs 187Marc Limon11 The reformation of implementation of human rights by the UN treatybody system 211Malcolm D. EvansPART III TOOLS TO FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION12 A vibrant interplay: tools and systems for monitoring human rightsimplementation 235Christian M. De Vos and Ashrakat Mohammed13 The role of negotiations and diplomacy in encouraging Stateimplementation of human rights 256Kriangsak Kittichaisaree14 Compliance hearings before the Inter-American Court of HumanRights: unleashing the dynamics of implementation 274Edward Pérez and Clara Sandoval15 Prevention, intervention and care management: case studies ofvulnerable populations in South Africa 292Lillian Artz and Leon Holtzhausen16 Human rights indicators and implementation 310Todd Landman and Katarina Schwarz17 The use of IT for compliance with supranational bodies 328Jonas GrimhedenIndex

‘This Handbook offers innovative and multi-disciplinary perspectives on one of the thorniest problems in the field of human rights. Theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich contributions from leading human rights experts and practitioners advance our understanding of the factors, and actors, that shape the processes and outcomes of human rights implementation.’