Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions for Human Rights

Reiners examines the decision-making of human rights expert bodies in intergovernmental organisations and reveals how, behind the scenes, actors are involved in human rights lawmaking. Providing theory development and case studies, this study is of great value to scholars of international relations and international law.

Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions is the first comprehensive analysis of the role and impact of informal collaborations in the UN human rights treaty bodies. Issues as central to international human rights as the right to water, abortion, torture, and hate speech are often only clarified through the instrument of treaty interpretations. This book dives beneath the surface of the formal access, procedures, and actors of the UN treaty body system to reveal how the experts and external collaborators play a key role in the development of human rights. Nina Reiners introduces the concept of ''Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions'' within a novel theoretical framework and draws on a number of detailed case studies and original data. This study makes a significant contribution to the scholarship on human rights, transnational actors, and international organizations, and contributes to broader debates in international relations and international law.