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Human Rights Law Review Advance Access originally published online on October 19, 2006
Human Rights Law Review 2006 6(3):545-569; doi:10.1093/hrlr/ngl012
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Evaluating the Human Rights Performance of Legislatures

Carolyn Evans* and Simon Evans**

*BA LLB (Hons) (Melb), DPhil (Oxon); Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne; Deputy Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of Melbourne. This research was supported by the Australian Research Council through a Discovery Project grant for work on Australian Parliaments and Human Rights (DP0450991). Our thanks to all the research assistants who have worked with us on this article.
**BSc (Hons), LLB (Hons) (Syd), PhD (Cantab); Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne; Director, Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies, The University of Melbourne.

Despite increased recognition of the role of legislatures in protecting human rights, particularly through their scrutiny of proposed legislation, there has been little detailed consideration of how best to evaluate their performance in discharging this role. This article aims to fill this significant gap by outlining and defending a methodology for carrying out such an evaluation. Our objective is to provide a rich and valid account of the performance of legislatures by identifying strengths and weaknesses of existing legislative institutions and processes. Such a process can also inform recommendations as to how institutions and processes, in particular legislatures, might be improved.

Correspondence: (c.evans{at}unimelb.edu.au)


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