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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.
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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 AND 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 DOMINGUEZ-REDONDO AND 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, AND 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
A propos de l'auteur
Damian Etone is Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at the University of Stirling. He is Director for the MSc Programme in Human Rights and Diplomacy run in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
Amna Nazir is Reader in International Human Rights Law and Associate Director of the Centre for Human Rights at Birmingham City University. She also serves as a trustee for the United Nations Association - UK.
Alice Storey is Senior Lecturer in Law and Associate Director of the Centre for Human Rights at Birmingham City University, where she also leads the UPR Project at BCU.
