Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Norm Setting in International Law and Human Rights -- Historical Antecedents -- The Universal Declaration and the Promise of a Normative Foundation -- Chapter Two: The Process of Standard Setting in Human Rights -- Standards, Norms, and Rights: Internally Displaced Persons as a Case Study -- The Weight of Declarations -- Traditional Obstacles to Standard Setting -- Obstinacy of Global Powers in Human Rights Standard Setting -- Politics as Obstruction -- The Ownership of Norms and Standards -- The Evolution of Ownership -- Constituencies and Ownership -- Chapter Three: The Multiplication of Actors -- The UN Human Rights Commission/ Human Rights Council -- International and Regional Standard Setting -- Chapter Four: The Role of Ngos in the Creation of Norms -- Ngos and the Human Rights Agenda -- Ngos and Standard Setting -- Ngo Strategies and Methods in Standard Setting -- Ngos and States Play Hide-and-Seek -- Chapter Five: The Question of Deficits -- The Deficit of Participants -- The Deficit of Voice -- The Deficit of Democracy -- Language: Style, Content, and Implementation -- Understanding Un Institutions and Norm Setting -- Standard Setting and Implementation in Practice -- Chapter Six: New and Emerging Standards -- What Is the Future of Standard Setting in Human Rights? -- The Quest to Clarify Economic and Social Rights -- The Normative Framework on Disabilities -- Sexual Orientation -- Possibilities for More Standards -- Is There a Need for New Strategies? -- Chapter Seven: A Normative Critique of Human Rights -- Political Democracy and Human Rights -- Human Rights, Ideology, and Politics -- Pathologies of Choice and Substance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.