The Human Rights Council: The Impact of the Universal Periodic Review in Africa (Routledge Research in Human Rights Law) - Hardcover

Etone, Damian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0367182491 ISBN 13: 9780367182496

Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This book examines the engagement of African states with the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism. This human rights mechanism is known for its pacific and non-confrontational approach to monitoring state human rights implementation. Coming at the end of the first three cycles of the UPR, the work offers a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of African states’ engagement and its potential impact. It develops a framework which comprehensively evaluates aspects of states’ UPR engagement, such as the pre-review national consultation process and implementation of UPR recommendations which, until recently, have received little attention. The book considers the potential for acculturation in engagement with the UPR and unpacks the impact of politics, regionalism, cultural relativism, rights ritualism and civil society.

The work provides a useful guide for policymakers and international human rights law practitioners, as well as a valuable resource for international legal and international relations academics and researchers.

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About the Author

Damian Etone is a Lecturer at the Division of Law and Philosophy, University of Stirling, United Kingdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367182491
• ISBN 13: 9780367182496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232