Adewusi, Emmanuel Oluwatosin <br/><br/>
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME / 
EMMANUEL OLUWATOSIN ADEWUSI; SUPERVISOR: ASST. PROF. DR. ÖZKER KOCADAL 
 - xiii, 209 sheets;  31 cm.  Includes CD 
<br/><br/>Thesis (PhD) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research International Relations Department 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliography (sheets 187-209) 
<br/><br/> ABSTRACT<br/>The issue of human rights had been a domestic issue that lies within the jurisdiction of <br/>the government of a sovereign state, especially in terms of pursuing enforcement, <br/>implementation, and promotion activities. The event of holocaust has brought the <br/>discourse of human rights into international politics resulting in international regimes <br/>of human rights since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This study <br/>examines the effectiveness of the elements of these regimes at the global and regional <br/>levels. At the global level, several mechanisms such as the United Nations Declaration <br/>of Human Rights, the Human Right Council, and the Treaty bodies have been <br/>examined. The challenge of these global mechanisms is the limitation in international <br/>proximity for implementation and enforcement. Only the gross level of human rights<br/>violations gains the attention of the global international human rights regime as this <br/>has been the precedent since the development of the regime in 1948. At the regional <br/>level, European and African human rights regimes were compared using two <br/>approaches; 1) This study implemented an institutional-based approach by examining <br/>the overlapping role of the Court of Justice and the Human rights Court; European <br/>Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights on one side and the African <br/>Court of Justice and African Court of Human Rights. 2) Secondly, a new <br/>methodological approach -fuzzy-set qualitative comparative mechanism- was applied <br/>to examine the condition for the effectiveness of human rights mechanisms in 76 cases <br/>composed of European Union and African Union countries. The outcome shows the <br/>ratification of treaties, development of national human rights institutions, and a <br/>growing GDP per capita in the absence of rule of law improve the protection of human <br/>rights in Europe. The low GDP per capita and absence of rule of law significantly <br/>weaken human rights protection in Africa while rule of law and institution is necessary <br/>to me implemented in African countries. The analysis reveals that the establishment of <br/>human rights institutions is essential to protect human rights in Europe, as a <br/>complement to the role of the courts as a legal institution. In conclusion, institutions <br/>are crucial in international human rights regimes, however, this proves more effective <br/>at the regional level.<br/>Keywords: Africa, Europe, Human Rights Courts, Human Rights, International <br/>Regimes, National Human Rights Institutions, Regional Regimes, 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Human rights--Europe--Dissertations, Academic<br/>Human rights--Africa--Dissertations, Academic<br/>International human rights courts--Dissertations, Academic<br/>International regimes--Dissertations, Academic<br/>National human rights institutions --Dissertations, Academic