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ISBN: | 9781108805056 1108777716 9781108777711 1108805051 9781108489577 1108489575
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Notes: | Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Universiteit Utrecht, 2018) issued under title: "Every organ of society" : exploring the role of social institutions in the effective implementation of international human rights law. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2020).
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Summary: | Having articulated numerous human rights norms and standards in international treaties, the pressing challenge today is their realisation in States' parties around the world. Domestic implementation has proven a difficult task for national authorities as well as international supervisory bodies. This book examines the traditional State-centric and legalistic approach to implementation, critiquing its limited efficacy in practice and failure to connect with local cultures. The book therefore explores the permissibility of other measures of implementation, and advocates more culturally sensitive approaches involving social institutions. Through an interdisciplinary case study of Islam in Indonesia, the book demonstrates the power of social institutions like religion to promote rights compliant positions and behaviours. Like the preamble of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the book reiterates the role not just of the State but indeed 'every organ of society' in realising rights.
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Other form: | Print version: Fraser, Julie, 1981- Social institutions and international human rights law implementation Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108489577
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