Context, institution or accountability? Exploring the factors that shape the performance of national human rights and equality bodies

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Sarah Spencer Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, UK

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Colin Harvey School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

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Research Article
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© Policy Press 2014
Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2014
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89–107
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Policy Press
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Volume 42: Issue 1
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1332/030557312X655567
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The past two decades witnessed a global proliferation of national human rights and equality bodies. Yet the research literature remains critical of their performance, positing a series of explanations for the gap between the expectations of civil society and the contribution they make. Through a comparative analysis of six statutory human rights and equality bodies in the United Kingdom and Ireland, this article explores the range of factors that shape their performance.

Sarah Spencer Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, UK

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Colin Harvey School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, UK

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sarah.spencer@compas.ox.ac.uk
c.harvey@qub.ac.uk

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