Human rights networks and regulatory stewardship: An analysis of a multi-level network of human rights commissions in the United Kingdom

Corina Lacatus

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Abstract

Regulatory networks are increasingly important actors in multi-level systems of human rights governance. Yet we know little about the role that domestic networks play as intermediaries or about the strategies they use to integrate sub-national human rights institutions to ensure compliance at the local level. We draw on the theoretical literature on orchestration to conceptualise network governance and propose a new intermediary for the human rights governance, the multi-level network, which operates inside one country. We apply this theoretical model to the case of a multi-level network operating at the domestic level in the United Kingdom – Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Scottish Human Rights Commission. We discuss how the three commissions use the tools of managerial stewardship to facilitate intra-network collaboration and how they engage in hierarchical stewardship to gain access to international networks and take on a leadership role globally and regionally.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)809-826
JournalBritish Journal of Politics and International Relations
Volume20
Issue number4
Early online date25 Sept 2018
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Nov 2018

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Great Britain
  • human rights
  • multi-level networks
  • networks
  • orchestration
  • regulatory stewardship

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