Thursday, September 29, 2022

New Issue: Journal of Human Rights Practice

The latest issue of the Journal of Human Rights Practice (Vol. 14, no. 1, February 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Special Issue - The State of the International Human Rights System—Normativity and Compliance
    • Thomas Kleinlein & Dominik Steiger, The State of the International Human Rights System—Normativity and Compliance: Introduction
    • Ivana Jelić & Linus Mührel, The Human Rights Committee—Challenges and Prospects for Enhanced Effectiveness and Integration
    • Stefan Kadelbach, The Human Rights Committee—Challenges and Prospects for Enhanced Effectiveness and Integration: A Comment
    • Zdzisław Kędzia, The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights—The Power of Subjective Rights?
    • Christina Binder, The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights—The Power of Subjective Rights: Comment with Special Focus on the Case Law of the Inter-American and the European Courts of Human Rights
    • Renate Winter, The Committee of the Rights of the Child—Does Size Matter?
    • Wouter Vandenhole, The Committee on the Rights of the Child—Size Matters Sometimes, Somewhat: A Comment
    • Caroline Lichuma & Damjan Tatic, Human Rights Experimentalism in Action: The Potential of National Human Rights Institutions in Enhancing the Implementation and Monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    • Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack, The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities—The Role of National Human Rights Institutions: A Comment
    • Lorena González Pinto, The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture: The Effects of Preventive Action
    • Dominik Steiger, Enhancing Compliance and Fostering Normativity by Institutionalizing Dialogue—The Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention Against Torture: A Comment
    • Paul Lemmens, The European Court of Human Rights—Can there be too much Success?
    • Stefanie Schmahl, The European Court of Human Rights—Can there be too much Success? A Comment
    • Allan Rosas, The Court of Justice of the European Union: A Human Rights Institution?
    • Mark Dawson, What Does it Mean to Say that the Court of Justice is not a Human Rights Institution? A Critical Appraisal
  • Articles
    • Gabriela Torres-Mazuera & Naayeli Ramírez-Espinosa, How a Legal Fight Against Monsanto Became an Indigenous Self-determination Claim in Mexico
    • Nick Hardwick, Jane Marriott, Karl Mason, & Marie Steinbrecher, Human Rights and Systemic Wrongs: National Preventive Mechanisms and the Monitoring of Care Homes for Older People
    • Veronika Bílková, COVID-19 and Older Persons—In Need of a Comprehensive Human Rights Approach
    • Luka Glušac, Universal Periodic Review and Policy Change: The Case of National Human Rights Institutions
    • Sahara Nankan, Bridging the Gender Participatory Gap in Water and Sanitation Rights Adjudication
    • Monica Strømland, Marianne K Bahus, & Anders J W Andersen, Too Vulnerable to Participate? A Systematic Literature Review of the Gap between a Right to Participate and Participation, in Welfare Services
  • Policy and Practice Note
    • Julie A Tippens, Amleset Tewodros, Helen M Miamidian, Kara Kohel, & Alex Otieno, Church as NGO? Leveraging Religious Networks to Promote Health Rights for Urban-Displaced Refugees—Lessons from Tanzania