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6 Int'l Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 1 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/inthurlr6 and id is 1 raw text is: ....' INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW REVIEW IHRL 6 (217) -29REVIEW BRILL6(21)19 NIJHOFF brill.com/hrlr National Human Rights Institutions and Their Sub-National Counterparts The Question of Decentralisation Andrew Wolman Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Seoul, Korea; member of the Law and Development Research Group, Faculty of Law, University of Antwerp, Belgium amw247@yahoo.com Abstract This article outlines and explores the arguments in favor of and in opposition to the establishment of sub-national human rights institutions (such as state and local hu- man rights commissions, ombudsmen and the like) in nations that already possess na- tional human rights institutions. This analysis will be based on an application of prior research findings in the broader field of administrative decentralisation as tailored to the particularities of human rights implementation. Where relevant, the article also examines the implications of institutional type for decentralisation, as well as the im- plication of different attributes of the relevant jurisdiction. The article concludes by setting out the circumstances under which the establishment of sub-national human rights institutions will be more or less advantageous. Keywords decentralisation - federalism - subsidiarity - national human rights institutions - ombudsmen - human rights commissions This work was supported by the 2o16 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Research Fund. Online sources cited in this article were last accessed on 3lJanuary 2017. ( KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2017 1 DOI 10.1163/22131035-00601002

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