THE PERIODIC LAW
CONTENTS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND BACKGROUND TO THE HRC AND THE UPR MECHANISM THE PURPOSES OF THE HRC FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE UPR THE MODUS OPERANDI OF THE UPR IS THE UPR AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISM? MEMBERSHIP IN THE UN HRC AND COMPLIANCE THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE UPR: A CASE FOR ACCULTURATION? INTRODUCTION THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK CONCLUDING REMARKS COMPLIANCE, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS: CLARIFYING THE BASIS FOR ASSESSING STATE UPR ENGAGEMENT COMPLIANCE, IMPLEMENTATION AND EFFECTIVENESS NIGERIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HRC’S UPR: POTENTIAL FOR ACCULTURATION OR RISK OF REGRESSION? INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUND COMMITMENT TO THE NATIONAL CONSULTATION PROCESS AND THE QUALITY OF NIGERIA’S UPR DELEGATION NIGERIA AS A REVIEWER NIGERIA AS A STATE UNDER REVIEW IMPLEMENTATION OF NIGERIA’S UPR RECOMMENDATIONS THE ‘SPIRAL’ EFFECT OF THE FIGHT AGAINST BOKO HARAM ON NIGERIA’S UPR ENGAGEMENT KENYA AND THE UPR: THE IMPACT OF EFFECTIVE NGO ENGAGEMENT COMMITMENT TO THE PRE-REVIEW PROCESS AND THE QUALITY OF KENYA’S UPR DELEGATION KENYA AS A REVIEWER AND AS A STATE UNDER REVIEW THE ROLE OF THE KNCHR AND DOMESTIC NGOS IN KENYA’S UPR PROCESS NGO OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN KENYA KENYA’S IMPLEMENTATION OF UPR RECOMMENDATIONS CONCLUDING REMARKS NGOS VERSUS STATE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UPR AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS: THE CASE OF KENYA THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NGOS AND STATE RECOMMENDATIONS TO KENYA AMPLIFICATION AND SYNERGY BETWEEN THE UPR AND OTHER NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UPR: POTENTIAL FOR RITUALISM? BACKGROUND TO SOUTH AFRICA’S UPR COMMITMENT TO THE NATIONAL CONSULTATION PROCESS AND THE QUALITY OF SOUTH AFRICA’S UPR DELEGATION SOUTH AFRICA AS A REVIEWER AND AS A STATE UNDER REVIEW SOUTH AFRICA’S IMPLEMENTATION OF UPR RECOMMENDATIONS THE GAMBIA AND THE UPR: RHETORIC, INACTION AND THE EFFECT OF REGIME CHANGE BACKGROUND TO THE GAMBIA’S UPR THE GAMBIA’S UPR NATIONAL CONSULTATION AND THE QUALITY OF ITS UPR DELEGATION THE GAMBIA AS A STATE UNDER REVIEW THE GAMBIA’S PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UPR RECOMMENDATIONS: RHETORIC VERSUS ACTION