Engaging Civil Society in Equality and Migration Policy-Making
A Review to Equality (Scandinavian Studies in Law, Volume 68, 2022)
Keywords:
Human Rights Justifications; Civil Society Engagement; Equality; MigrationAbstract
This review analyzes Equality (Carlson, 2022). The volume’s focus on equality law and civil society advocacy is combined with the new proposed methodology of the Systematic Ongoing Direct Civil Society Engagement of the Horizon Europe HRJust project. The review highlights the role of civil society, particularly through the HRJust´s proposed ODCSE (Systematic Ongoing Direct Civil Society Engagement) methodology, in challenging or shaping human rights justifications that can be brought forward in their decision-making and policymaking in several fields, including migration and equality policies. Ultimately, the review argues that combining doctrinal legal scholarship with participatory research methods strengthens both accountability and impact—showing how civil society engagement can transform human rights from rhetorical claims into enforceable commitments
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