National human rights institutions in Europe and Latin America: International and comparative perspectives

Sebastián López Escarcena; Manuel Antonio Núñez Poblete; Jan Wouters

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National human rights institutions in Europe and Latin America: International and comparative perspectives

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Información General

Autores: Sebastián López Escarcena (dir.), Manuel Antonio Núñez Poblete (dir.), Jan Wouters (dir.)
Editores: Intersentia
Año de publicación: 2024
Colecciones: International law
País: Reino Unido
Idioma: inglés
ISBN: 9781839703843
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Resumen

Over the past 20 years, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) have moved from the periphery to the centre of the human rights debate. The potential of NHRIs to transmit and implement international norms at the domestic level, and to transfer human rights expertise to regional and global human rights fora, is increasingly recognised. In Europe, the continent with the widest variety and density of human rights protection mechanisms, NHRIs are also gradually gaining recognition as actors that can enable more comprehensive and effective human rights promotion and protection.

Filling a gap in the legal literature, this book aims to bridge the gap between the European and Latin American experiences of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), exploring the impact that this has internationally. As such, it not only includes introductory chapters on the relationship between NHRIs and the United Nations, the European Union and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, but also offers general contributions on other European and Latin American institutions and valuable deep dives into specific case studies on certain regional commissions, ombuds offices and institutes. In order to assess the distinct models these institutional organisations adopt, three of the major European NHRIs have been chosen: the Spanish Ombuds Office, which is especially relevant to Latin America; the French Commission, of great influence in the area; and the younger, and highly interesting, German Institute. The main Latin American NHRIs which adopt either an ombuds, a commission or an institute model are also analysed, including those of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and Uruguay.