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- Title
The Role and Influence of Non-governmental Organisations in the Universal Periodic Review--International Context and Australian.
- Authors
McGaughey, Fiona
- Abstract
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play an important, albeit limited, role in the United Nations most recent human rights monitoring mechanism, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Drawing on empirical data from an Australian case study and interviews with international stakeholders, the study explores the NGO role and influence in this state-centric, peer review mechanism. Case study findings indicate that recommendations made by NGOs, in particular a coalition of domestic NGOs, correlate closely with many UPR recommendations but that United Nations sources are more influential. This suggests that other United Nation human rights mechanisms complement the UPR, so that NGOs should continue to engage with both these and the UPR.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; HUMAN rights; NATIONAL human rights institutions; UNITED Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; STAKEHOLDERS
- Publication
Human Rights Law Review, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 3, p421
- ISSN
1461-7781
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/hrlr/ngx020