The Local Relevance of Human Rights

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511841842

Do human rights offer real protection when disadvantaged groups invoke them at the local level in an attempt to improve their living conditions? If so, how can we make sure that the experiences of those invoking human rights at the local level have an impact on the further development of human rights (at national and other levels) so that the local relevance of human rights increases? Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on 10 December 1948, numerous international documents have reaffirmed human rights as global norms. This book examines what factors determine whether appeals to human rights that emanate from the local level are successful, and whether the UDHR adequately responds to threats as currently defined by relevant groups or whether a revision of some of the ideas included in the UDHR is needed in order to increase its contemporary relevance.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contributors
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Series editors' preface
pp xiii-xvi
- By Horst Fischer, Fabrizio Marrella, Florence Benoît-Rohmer, Michael O'Flaherty
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Preface
pp xvii-xviii
- By Koen De Feyter, Stephan Parmentier, Christiane Timmerman, George Ulrich
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Abbreviations
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1 - Introduction: reconsidering human rights from below
pp 1-10
- By Koen De Feyter, Stephan Parmentier
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2 - Sites of rights resistance
pp 11-39
- By Koen De Feyter
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3 - Freedom from want revisited from a local perspective: evolution and challenges ahead
pp 40-81
- By Felipe Gómez Isa
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4 - Relevance of human rights in the glocal space of politics: how to enlarge democratic practice beyond state boundaries and build up a peaceful world order
pp 82-108
- By Antonio Papisca
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5 - The local relevance of human rights: a methodological approach
pp 109-146
- By Oré Aguilar Gaby
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6 - Ensuring compliance with decisions by international and regional human rights bodies: the case of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
pp 147-175
- By Michelle Farrell
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7 - Building rights-based health movements: lessons from the Peruvian experience
pp 176-207
- By Alicia Ely Yamin, J. Jaime Miranda
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8 - Defining human rights when economic interests are high: the case of the western Shoshone
pp 208-239
- By Julie Cavanaugh-Bill
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9 - Struggling to localise human rights: the experience of indigenous peoples in Chile
pp 240-269
- By José Aylwin
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10 - Enforcing environmental rights under Nigeria's 1999 Constitution: the localisation of human rights in the Niger Delta region
pp 270-294
- By Rhuks Temitope Ako
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11 - Conflict resolution through cultural rights and cultural wrongs: the Kosovo example
pp 295-336
- By María del Mar Bermúdez, Manuel Calzada Plá, Lydia Vicente Márquez
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12 - Epilogue: widening the perspective on the local relevance of human rights
pp 337-360
- By George Ulrich
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Index
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Contributors
pp vii-xii

Series editors' preface
pp xiii-xvi

Preface
pp xvii-xviii

Abbreviations
pp xix-xxiv

1 - Introduction: reconsidering human rights from below
pp 1-10

2 - Sites of rights resistance
pp 11-39

3 - Freedom from want revisited from a local perspective: evolution and challenges ahead
pp 40-81

4 - Relevance of human rights in the glocal space of politics: how to enlarge democratic practice beyond state boundaries and build up a peaceful world order
pp 82-108

5 - The local relevance of human rights: a methodological approach
pp 109-146

6 - Ensuring compliance with decisions by international and regional human rights bodies: the case of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
pp 147-175

7 - Building rights-based health movements: lessons from the Peruvian experience
pp 176-207

8 - Defining human rights when economic interests are high: the case of the western Shoshone
pp 208-239

9 - Struggling to localise human rights: the experience of indigenous peoples in Chile
pp 240-269

10 - Enforcing environmental rights under Nigeria's 1999 Constitution: the localisation of human rights in the Niger Delta region
pp 270-294

11 - Conflict resolution through cultural rights and cultural wrongs: the Kosovo example
pp 295-336

12 - Epilogue: widening the perspective on the local relevance of human rights
pp 337-360

Index
pp 361-381

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