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Empowering individuals through individual complaint mechanisms such as international and regional human rights courts and UN treaty bodies has long been central to the judicialization of international relations throughout the 90s and 00s. In recent years, however, states have increasingly pushed back against these mechanisms. Evidence suggests that civil society actors face growing risks of state repression when they bring complaints before such international bodies. At the same time, international complaint mechanisms are more active than ever, and research indicates that they can influence state behavior—though the conditions under which they do so remain contested. This panel seeks to advance our understanding of the current challenges to, and future trajectories of, individual complaint mechanisms in international politics. We invite contributions that explore the legitimacy, effectiveness, and prospects of these mechanisms. Key questions include: What role can individual complaint mechanisms play in today’s international politics? Under what conditions can they change state behavior? Who are the actors bringing claims, and how are they affected by the submission of complaints? Are we seeing the disappearance of an ‘outdated’ liberal emphasis on the individual or can the idea of the individual as an agent of change in international politics be rescued?”
| Title | Details |
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| Networked Authority: How Do Human Rights Treaty Bodies Shape Discourses Through Non-Binding Law-Making? | View Paper Details |
| Life on the Legitimacy Frontier: Understanding the Authority Struggle Between the UN Security Council and the Office of the Ombudsperson | View Paper Details |
| International Complaints Mechanism, Civil Society Organizations, and State Respect for Human Rights | View Paper Details |
| Quasi-Judicial Decisions: Introducing a New Dataset on UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies | View Paper Details |
| Adjudicating Extinction? Human Rights Bodies and the Challenge of Biodiversity Loss | View Paper Details |