1. Introduction: national human rights institutions, state compliance, and social change /Ryan Goodman and Thomas Pegram
Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality
2. National human rights institutions and state compliance /Sonia Cardenas
3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system /Linda C. Reif
4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact /Julie Mertus
Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains
5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system /Chris Sidoti
6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the "voices of suffering" /Obiora Chinedu Okafor
7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty /Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick
8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law /Richard Carver
9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization /Thomas Pegram
Part III. NHRIS and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement
10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nación in Argentina /Enrique Peruzzotti
11. Through pressure or persuasion?: explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo /Fredrik Uggla
Part IV. Final Reflections
12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs /Peter Rosenblum
13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism /David S. Meyer.
Part I. NHRIs in Theory and Reality
2. National human rights institutions and state compliance /Sonia Cardenas
3. The shifting boundaries of NHRI definition in the international system /Linda C. Reif
4. Evaluating NHRIs: considering structure, mandate, and impact /Julie Mertus
Part II. NHRI Performance: Global, Regional, and National Domains
5. National human rights institutions and the international human rights system /Chris Sidoti
6. National human rights institutions in anglophone Africa: legalism, popular agency, and the "voices of suffering" /Obiora Chinedu Okafor
7. National human rights institutions in the Asia Pacific region: change agents under conditions of uncertainty /Catherine Renshaw and Kieren Fitzpatrick
8. National human rights institutions in Central and Eastern Europe: the ombudsman as agent of international law /Richard Carver
9. National human rights institutions in Latin America: politics and institutionalization /Thomas Pegram
Part III. NHRIS and Compliance: Beyond Enforcement
10. The societalization of horizontal accountability: rights advocacy and the defensor del pueblo de la nación in Argentina /Enrique Peruzzotti
11. Through pressure or persuasion?: explaining compliance with the resolutions of the Bolivian defensor del pueblo /Fredrik Uggla
Part IV. Final Reflections
12. Tainted origins and uncertain outcomes: evaluating NHRIs /Peter Rosenblum
13. National human rights institutions, opportunities, and activism /David S. Meyer.