Human rights matters : local politics and national human rights institutions / Julie A. Mertus.
| Author/creator | Mertus, Julie, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xi, 223 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Stanford studies in human rights Stanford studies in human rights. ^A796791 |
| Contents | Operationalizing human rights at the local level -- "Opinion doctors" and "can openers" : Denmark's national human rights institution -- "The hardest job I ever had" : Northern Ireland's human rights commission -- Counting in threes : the human rights ombudsmen in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- When less is more : considering the ombudsmen system in the Czech Republic -- Straddling Checkpoint Charlie : the German Human Rights Institute. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-210) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008032675 |
| ISBN | 9780804760935 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804760934 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804760942 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0804760942 (pbk. : alk. paper) |