Context, institution or accountability? Exploring the factors that shape the performance of national human rights and equality bodies

In: Policy & politics, Band 42, Heft 1, S. 89-107

Abstract

The past two decades witnessed a global proliferation of national human rights and equality bodies. Yet the research literature remains critical of their performance, positing a series of explanations for the gap between the expectations of civil society and the contribution they make. Through a comparative analysis of six statutory human rights and equality bodies in the United Kingdom and Ireland, this article explores the range of factors that shape their performance.