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Carver, Robert H. F.

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Nhris and Local Hr Values1

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“…73 Among other techniques, NHRIs regularly promote international norms by relying on international standards in case-handling; reviewing pending legislation for compliance with international human rights treaties; and contributing to independent reporting to treaty monitoring bodies. 74 Increasingly, their mandates refer explicitly to international human rights standards. 75 This domestication role is, at least to some, an NHRI's raison d'être.…”

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National Human Rights Commissions and Asian Human Rights Norms

Wolman

2012

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Ever since the beginning of the ''Asian Values'' debate in the early 1990s, there have been efforts on the part of many societal actors to establish distinctively Asian human rights norms that integrate local customary values and international human rights norms. This article presents the claim that National Human Rights Commissions in Asia are well placed to play an important role in this effort to develop localized human rights norms because of their close links with local civil actors, along with their independence from government control, pluralistic make-up, and ability to address complex rights issues in detail.

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National Human Rights Commissions and Asian Human Rights Norms

Wolman

2012

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