Human Rights and the UN Universal Periodic Review Mechanism

Introduction

DAMIAN ETONE, AMNA NAZIR, AND ALICE STOREY

PART I: Theoretical and Conceptual Approaches to Understanding the UPR Mechanism

1 The Universal Periodic Review as an Evolving Process: Examining the Path of Development

KATHRYN MCNEILLY

2 The Universal Periodic Review as Utopia

AMNA NAZIR, ALICE STOREY, AND JON YORKE

3 What Is the UPR? Thinking About the UPR as a Source of International Law

FREDERICK COWELL

4 Putting Down Roots: Analysis of UPR Recommendations in the First Three Cycles

EDWARD R. MCMAHON AND TOMEK BOTWICZ

PART II: The Relationship Between the UPR and Other Human Rights Mechanisms

5 Searching for Recommendation Alignment Across UN Human Rights Bodies

ELVIRA DOMINGUEZ-REDONDO AND RHONA SMITH

6 The Universal Periodic Review and Transitional Justice

DAMIAN ETONE

7 Universal Periodic Review Prospects for Promoting Support for the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas (UNDROP)

LOUISA ASHLEY

PART III: Assessing State and Regional Engagement With the UPR Mechanism

8 Still a 'Mutual Praise Society'? The African Group at the Universal Periodic Review

EDUARD JORDAAN

9 The Significance of the UPR in the Absence of a Regional Human Rights System: The Case of the Asia Pacific

FIONA MCGAUGHEY, AMY MAGUIRE, NATALIE BAIRD, JAMES GOMEZ, AND ROMULO NAYACALEVU

10 Unpacking the Enigma of Reporting Under the Universal Periodic Review: The Case of Three Southeast Asian Countries

KAZUO FUKUDA

11 Navigating Devolution at the UPR: The Case of the United Kingdom

MICHAEL LANE

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peer review process;transitional justice studies;human rights implementation;international monitoring bodies;regional human rights systems;state compliance analysis;effectiveness of UN human rights review