From Rights to Remedies
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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Executive Summary
I. Introduction
A Success Story: A.S. v. Hungary
Rights Require Remedies: Importance of Implementation Structures
Structures, Strategy, and Compliance
Outline of the Report
II. Managing Ministries: Executive Level Mechanisms
Introduction
Office of the Government Agent
Effective Ministerial Arrangements
“Everyone’s Task Is Nobody’s Task”: Inter-Ministerial Committees Recommendations
III. Bringing Parliaments In: Legislators as Implementers
Introduction
Why Parliaments?
National Implementation Legislation
Parliamentary Human Rights Committees
Reporting Procedures
Questioning Ministers
Recommendations
IV. Justice at Home: Domestic Courts and Judges
Introduction
Courts as Implementers
Monitoring Units and Oversight Mechanisms
Maximizing Domestic Judicial Forums: Enforcement Litigation
Courts to Courts: Transnational Judicial Dialogue
Recommendations
V. Implementation Partners: National Human Rights Institutions
Introduction
The Rise of New Inter/National Actors
Building Frameworks for NHRI Participation
Implementation Facilitators
Recommendations
VI. Conclusion
Notes
Appendices
Appendix I: Executive Decrees and Orders
• United States Executive Order 13107 (December 10, 1998)
Implementation of Human Rights Treaties
• Republic of Mali, Decree No. 09-049/PM-RM DU (February 12, 2009)
• Republic of Cameroon, Arrete No. 081 CAB/PM
(April 15, 2011)
• Russia Decree No. 657 (May 20, 2011)
On the Monitoring of Law Enforcement in the Russian Federation
• Implementation Form of ECtHR Judgments, United
Kingdom Ministry of Justice, Human Rights Policy Team
Appendix II: Implementation Legislation
• Colombia Law No. 288 (July 5, 1996)
• Peru Law No. 27.775 (June 27, 2002)
On the Enforcement of Judgments and the Application of the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
• Italy Law No. 12 (January 19, 2006)
Provisions on the Implementation of the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights
Appendix III: Parliamentary Joint Committees on Human Rights
• Parliament of The United Kingdom of Great Britain,
Standing Orders of the House of Commons
—Public Business 2002(2) § 152B
• Guidance for Departments on Responding to Court
Judgments on Human Rights, HL Paper 85/HC
• Parliament of Australia, Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011, No. 186 (December 7, 2011)
Appendix IV: National Human Rights Institutions
• GA Resolution 48/134 (December 20, 1993)
—Principles Relating to the Status of National Institutions
(The Paris Principles)

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The Open Society Justice Initiative uses law to protect and empower people around the world. Through litigation, advocacy, research, and technical assistance, the Justice Initiative promotes human rights and builds legal capacity for open societies. From Rights to Remedies was written by Christian De Vos. The book was edited by the Justice Initiative and is published by the Open Society Foundations.

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