TY - BOOK AU - Mertus,Julie TI - Human rights matters: local politics and national human rights institutions T2 - Stanford studies in human rights SN - 9780804760935 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 323.094 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Stanford, Calif. PB - Stanford University Press KW - Human rights advocacy KW - Europe KW - Case studies KW - National human rights institutions KW - Politics and government KW - 1989- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Operationalizing human rights at the local level -- "Opinion doctors" and "can openers" : Denmark -- "The toughest job I ever had" : Northern Ireland -- Counting in threes : Bosnia-Herzegovina -- When less is more : the Czech Republic -- Straddling Checkpoint Charlie : Germany ER -