National human rights institutions in Europe : comparative, European and international perspectives /

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Imprint:Cambridge : Intersentia, [2013]
©2013
Description:xix, 330 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
Series:International law ; [10]
International law (Antwerp, Belgium) ; 10.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9369538
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Other authors / contributors:Wouters, Jan, 1964- editor of compilation.
Meuwissen, Katrien, editor of compilation.
European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (Organization), sponsoring body.
ISBN:9781780681146
1780681143
Notes:Series numbering from publisher's website (viewed May 14, 2014).
"COST"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • National human rights institutions in Europe : an introduction / Jan Wouters and Katrien Meuwissen
  • National human rights institutions in Europe : comparative, European and international perspectives / Manfred Nowak
  • The Danish experience : the Danish Institute for Human Rights / Christoffer Badse
  • NHRI in Poland : as good as it gets? / Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias and Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska
  • The newly established Netherlands Institute for Human Rights : integrating human rights and equal treatment / Yvonne Donders and Marjolijn Olde Monnikhof
  • Federalism, equality bodies and NHRIs : a critical analysis of the Belgian debate on equality bodies and NHRIs / Jogchum Vrielink and Stefan Sottiaux
  • NHRI and their European counterparts : scope for strengthened cooperation and performance towards European human rights institutions / Bruce Adamson
  • (Future) interaction between data protection authorities and national human rights institutions in the European Union / Peter J. Hustinx
  • The Court's ears and arms : national human rights institutions and the European Court of Human Rights / Antoine Buyse
  • The European Union and national human rights institutions / Jan Wouters, Katrien Meuwissen and Ana Sofia Barros
  • The role and functioning of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions in international human rights bodies / Kirsten Roberts
  • Compliance with the Paris Principles and the ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation / Gauthier de Beco
  • NHRI participation to United Nations human rights procedure : international promotion versus institutional consolidation? / Katrien Meuwissen
  • Perspectives on the need for national human rights institutions in Europe and the world / Jan Jařab
  • Conclusion. Towards a better understanding of European NHRIs in a multi-layered human rights system / Katrien Meuwissen and Jan Wouters.