Human rights, state compliance, and social change : assessing national human rights institutions

1. National human rights institutions, state compliance, and social change Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality: 2. National human rights institutions and state compliance Sonia Cardenas 3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system Linda C. Reif 4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact Julie Mertus Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains: 5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system Chris Sidoti 6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the 'voices of suffering' Obiora Chinedu Okafor 7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick 8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law Richard Carver 9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization Thomas Pegram Part III. NHRIs and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement: 10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nacion in Argentina Enrique Peruzzotti 11. Through pressure or persuasion?: Explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo Fredrik Uggla Part IV. Final Reflections: 12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs Peter Rosenblum 13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism David S. Meyer.