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Ouald-Chaib, Saïla --- "Introduction" [2018] ELECD 932; in Brems, Eva; Ouald-Chaib, Saïla (eds), "Fragmentation and Integration in Human Rights Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018) 1

Book Title: Fragmentation and Integration in Human Rights Law

Editor(s): Brems, Eva; Ouald-Chaib, Saïla

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN: 9781788113915

Section Title: Introduction

Author(s): Ouald-Chaib, Saïla

Number of pages: 11

Extract:

Introduction Saïla Ouald-Chaib From the perspective of human rights users--both the rights holders and duty bearers--it might be difficult to make sense of the human rights system since it is an increasingly complex and ever-expanding field of law, consisting of different levels, actors and norms. The concept of human rights is, contrary to how it is often portrayed, not homogeneous. Instead, human rights appear in a fragmented way, differing in their scope, focus, legal force and level of governance. To what extent does this non-hierarchical accumulation of human rights provisions affect effective human rights protection? How do human rights users navigate through this complex and often uncoordinated legal architecture? How do they experience and view this fragmented human rights landscape? Is there a need for more integration in the field of human rights law? How can this integration be achieved? What are already existing good practices of human rights integration? What role do the users themselves play in the integration of human rights? These questions and many others were examined in a research project called `The Global Challenge of Human Rights Integration: Towards a Users' Perspective'.1 Over the course of five years, the Human Rights Integration (HRI) network, an inter-university attraction pole involving scholars from six universities,2 has been examining these issues from different angles (both theoretical and empirical) all the while using a wide variety of methodologies.
1 More information on the project can be found here http://www.hr ...