Table of Contents

Part I. Introducing and Assessing Fragmentation and Convergence in International Human Rights Law: 1. Fragmentation and convergence: context and definitions; 2. Assessing and exploring judicial fragmentation in international human rights law; Part II. Factors Explaining Judicial Convergence and Fragmentation: 3. The theory of treaty interpretation and judicial dialogue; 4. The composition of the courts and other adjudicative bodies and the role of their secretariats; 5. Calibrating judicial scrutiny: the notions of necessity and proportionality; 6. Deference, subsidiarity and regional consensus: the margin of appreciation doctrine; 7. Outside the courtroom: the role of NGOs and the obstacles to litigation.

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An assessment of judicial convergence and fragmentation in international human rights law and their legal and non-legal triggering factors.

About the Author

Elena Abrusci is Lecturer in Law at Brunel University London. She has an interdisciplinary background in law and politics and she has served as a policy advisor to the UK government and as a consultant to several UN agencies. Her current research focuses on regional human rights systems and emerging technologies.