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This comprehensive Research Handbook offers an in-depth examination of the most significant factors affecting compliance with international human rights law, which has emerged as one of the key problems in the efforts to promote effective protection of human rights. In particular, it examines the relationships between regional human rights courts and domestic actors and judiciaries. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the Research Handbook explores the legal and political considerations that shape compliance, using a combination of both international and comparative law analysis in the assessment of regional human rights regimes. Chapters written by leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe cover a wide range of jurisdictions from Europe, Latin America and Africa and their interactions with regional human rights courts. The Research Handbook also discusses the limits of, and possible alternatives to, compliance as a framework for analysis, offering a fuller understanding of the effectiveness of international human rights law. Scholars, students and practitioners of public international law, international human rights law and comparative law will find this Research Handbook an invaluable resource. It will also benefit officials and lawyers working with international organisations who deal with human rights issues on a regular basis.

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'This Research Handbook offers a paradigmatic shift towards understanding compliance through the lenses of social impact. A precise and novel examination of forms of non-compliance and contested international human rights norms leads to a broader analytical framework on processes of transformation. In particular, the compelling comparative review of emerging interactions between the three international human rights courts offers an exceptional account of a dialogical international human rights protection. This book is a guide for future research and a renewed understanding of compliance.' - Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 'This wide-ranging Research Handbook touches on the many facets of compliance across the world's main human rights systems, with special attention to the roles played by different actors: local and transnational civil society, international organizations, and the many different levels of actors within the state. With a rich array of country studies alongside system-level analyses, it is an essential and thought-provoking resource for human rights scholars and practitioners. It will also be of interest to those interested in the impact of international law and organizations more generally. Ultimately, compliance to human rights judgments and resolutions is a complex and all-too-human political process. This Research Handbook beautifully captures its messiness as well as its potential.' - Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US 'This Handbook provides a fresh look at non-compliance in international human rights law. It is indispensable for all those who want to understand the problems underlying non-compliance, the dynamics of the different actors involved, and the range of options available for tackling non-implementation. The book's key features include its stringent structure, its well-elaborated comparative approach, and its thought-provoking ideas for combatting neglectful state attitudes. This book sets a new standard for the state of the art in compliance research.' - Helen Keller, University of Zurich, Switzerland and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

'This Research Handbook offers a paradigmatic shift towards understanding compliance through the lenses of social impact. A precise and novel examination of forms of non-compliance and contested international human rights norms leads to a broader analytical framework on processes of transformation. In particular, the compelling comparative review of emerging interactions between the three international human rights courts offers an exceptional account of a dialogical international human rights protection. This book is a guide for future research and a renewed understanding of compliance.' - Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor, Judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Costa Rica 'This wide-ranging Research Handbook touches on the many facets of compliance across the world's main human rights systems, with special attention to the roles played by different actors: local and transnational civil society, international organizations, and the many different levels of actors within the state. With a rich array of country studies alongside system-level analyses, it is an essential and thought-provoking resource for human rights scholars and practitioners. It will also be of interest to those interested in the impact of international law and organizations more generally. Ultimately, compliance to human rights judgments and resolutions is a complex and all-too-human political process. This Research Handbook beautifully captures its messiness as well as its potential.' - Alexandra Huneeus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, US 'This Handbook provides a fresh look at non-compliance in international human rights law. It is indispensable for all those who want to understand the problems underlying non-compliance, the dynamics of the different actors involved, and the range of options available for tackling non-implementation. The book's key features include its stringent structure, its well-elaborated comparative approach, and its thought-provoking ideas for combatting neglectful state attitudes. This book sets a new standard for the state of the art in compliance research.' - Helen Keller, University of Zurich, Switzerland and former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

'This Handbook provides a fresh look at non-compliance in international human rights law. It is indispensable for all those who want to understand the problems underlying non-compliance, the dynamics of the different actors involved, and the range of options available for tackling non-implementation. The book's key features include its stringent structure, its well-elaborated comparative approach, and its thought-provoking ideas for combatting neglectful state attitudes. This book sets a new standard for the state of the art in compliance research.' -- Helen Keller, University of Zurich, Switzerland

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Edited by Rainer Grote, Senior Research Fellow, Mariela Morales Antoniazzi, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany and Davide Paris, Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Law, University of Foggia, Italy

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