National human rights institutions in Europe
Subtitle: comparative, European and international perspectives
By: Jan Wouters, Katrien Meuwissen (eds.).
Contributors: European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Research (Organization)
Series: International law -- [volume 10]; International law (Antwerp, Belgium) -- 10.
Publisher: Intersentia
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Cambridge, United Kingdom; Antwerp [Belgium]; Portland [Oregon]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781780681146
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: National human rights institutions; Human rights; Droits de l'homme; Organismes de droit public; UE/CE Union européenne; Organisation des Nations unies; UE/CE Droit; Droit international; Analyse comparative
Notes: "COST"--Title Page.

Series numbering from publisher's website (viewed May 14, 2014).

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: National human rights institutions in Europe : an introduction  -- Jan Wouters and Katrien Meuwissen; title: National human rights institutions in Europe : comparative, European and international perspectives  -- Manfred Nowak; title: The Danish experience : the Danish Institute for Human Rights  -- Christoffer Badse; title: NHRI in Poland : as good as it gets?  -- Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias and Katarzyna Sękowska-Kozłowska; title: The newly established Netherlands Institute for Human Rights : integrating human rights and equal treatment  -- Yvonne Donders and Marjolijn Olde Monnikhof; title: Federalism, equality bodies and NHRIs : a critical analysis of the Belgian debate on equality bodies and NHRIs  -- Jogchum Vrielink and Stefan Sottiaux; title: NHRI and their European counterparts : scope for strengthened cooperation and performance towards European human rights institutions  -- Bruce Adamson; title: (Future) interaction between data protection authorities and national human rights institutions in the European Union  -- Peter J. Hustinx; title: The Court's ears and arms : national human rights institutions and the European Court of Human Rights  -- Antoine Buyse; title: The European Union and national human rights institutions  -- Jan Wouters, Katrien Meuwissen and Ana Sofia Barros; title: The role and functioning of the International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions in international human rights bodies  -- Kirsten Roberts; title: Compliance with the Paris Principles and the ICC Sub-Committee on Accreditation  -- Gauthier de Beco; title: NHRI participation to United Nations human rights procedure : international promotion versus institutional consolidation?  -- Katrien Meuwissen; title: Perspectives on the need for national human rights institutions in Europe and the world  -- Jan Jařab -- Conclusion:; title: Towards a better understanding of European NHRIs in a multi-layered human rights system -- Katrien Meuwissen and Jan Wouters.