1. Introduction: National Human Rights Institutions, State Conformity, and Social Change&Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram 1
PART Ⅰ. NHRIS IN THEORY AND REALITY 29
2. National Human Rights Institutions and State Compliance&Sonia Cardenas 29
3. The Shirting Boundaries of NHRI Definition in the International System&Linda C. Reif 52
4. Evaluating NHRIs: Considering Structure, Mandate, and Impact&Julie Mertus 74
PART Ⅱ. NHRI PERFORMANCE: GLOBAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL DOMAINS 93
5. National Human Rights Institutions and the International Human Rights System&Chris Sidoti 93
6. National Human Rights Institutions in Anglophone Africa: Legalism, Popular Agency, and the "Voices of Suffering"&Obiora Chinedu Okafor 124
7. National Human Rights Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region: Change Agents under Conditions of Uncertainty&Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick 150
8. National Human Rights Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: The Ombudsman as Agent of International Law&Richard Carver 181
9. National Human Rights Institutions in Latin America: Politics and Institutionalization&Thomas Pegram 210
PART Ⅲ. NHRIS AND COMPLIANCE: BEYOND ENFORCEMENT 243
10. The Societalization of Horizontal Accountability: Rights Advocacy and the Defensor del Pueblo de la Nacion in Argentina&Enrique Peruzzotti 243
11. Through Pressure or Persuasion?: Explaining Compliance with the Resolutions of the Bolivian Defensor del Pueblo&Fredrik Uggla 270
PART Ⅳ. FINAL REFLECTIONS 297
12. Tainted Origins and Uncertain Outcomes: Evaluating NHRIs&Peter Rosenblum 297
13. National Human Rights Institutions, Opportunities, and Activism&David S. Meyer 324
Annex 1: Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions (The Paris Principles) 335
Index 339