Full Description
Having articulated numerous human rights norms and standards in international treaties, the pressing challenge today is their realisation in States' parties around the world. Domestic implementation has proven a difficult task for national authorities as well as international supervisory bodies. This book examines the traditional State-centric and legalistic approach to implementation, critiquing its limited efficacy in practice and failure to connect with local cultures. The book therefore explores the permissibility of other measures of implementation, and advocates more culturally sensitive approaches involving social institutions. Through an interdisciplinary case study of Islam in Indonesia, the book demonstrates the power of social institutions like religion to promote rights compliant positions and behaviours. Like the preamble of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the book reiterates the role not just of the State but indeed 'every organ of society' in realising rights.
Contents
1. Introduction: the challenge of human rights implementation; 2. Human rights and its cultural connection; 3. Domestic implementation of international human rights treaties: legislative and other effective measures; 4. Domestic implementation of international human rights treaties: the role of public and private actors; 5. Role of Islamic Law and institutions in implementing women's right to family planning in Indonesia; 6. Conclusions: social institutions and the future of domestic human rights implementation; Select bibliography; Index.
