Nina Reiners

• Reiners, Nina (2025). There’s no Mainstream without Feminism. Temple International and Comparative Law Journal. ISSN 0889-1915. 39(2), s. 29–37. doi: https:/sites.temple.edu/ticlj/files/2026/01/Article-04_Reiners_29-37.pdf. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2025). Hard(er) Times for Human Rights Advocacy in Global Governance: Ideological Capture and Illiberal Interests. Ethics and International Affairs. ISSN 0892-6794. 39(2), s. 173–188. doi: 10.1017/S0892679425100142. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This essay reveals the institutional dynamics of hard times in the issue area of human rights. I show that the human rights regime has developed innovative-yet-informal institutions like individuals-based coalitions for the international protection and progressive development of human rights. Yet, as these informal institutions function very much based on, first, the interpersonal relations among their members, and, second, legal instruments that require no further consent by states, the advocacy success of liberal human rights defenders has, in turn, provided a playbook for advocates and governments from the illiberal end of the ideology spectrum. In addition, new human rights advocates in the form of certain private law firms have entered the UN through their pro bono work. They promise valuable resources for a crisis-ridden system but often represent corporate clients with conflicts of interest. Given the imminent risk of ideological capture and illiberal interests in human rights paralyzing the system, I reemphasize the need for regulating access to the human rights global governance institutions.

• Hall, Nina; Reiners, Nina; Basu, Soumita; Chaudhry, Suparna; Henry, Laura & Medie, Peace A. [Vis alle 9 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2025). Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy. International Studies Review. ISSN 1521-9488. 27(3). doi: 10.1093/isr/viaf015. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2025). NGO–NGO Interactions through Individuals: Patterns and Effects for Social Rights Advocacy. I Deloffre, Maryam Zarnegar & Quack, Sigrid (Red.), A Relational Approach to NGOs in Global Politics: Beyond Cooperation and Competition. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198942726. s. 109–129. doi: 10.1093/9780198942757.003.0007. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina & Kahn-Nisser, Sara (2024). A Voice or an Echo? Women in the UN Human Rights Expert Bodies. Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. ISSN 1075-2846. 30(3-4), s. 383–408. doi: 10.1163/19426720-03003010. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2023). Informal Human Rights Lawmaking: How Treaty Bodies Use General Comments to Develop International Law. Global Constitutionalism. ISSN 2045-3817. 12(2), s. 378–401. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2023). Expert Bodies and Organizational Culture(s) in International Organizations, in: Handbook on Governance in International Organizations, ed. by Alistair D. Edgar, Edward Elgar, 107-121. I Edgar, Alistair (Red.), Handbook on Governance in International Organizations, ed. by Alistair D. Edgar, Edward Elgar, 107-121.. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISSN 9781800884922. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2023). The Power of Interpersonal Relationships: A Socio-Legal Approach to International Institutions and Human Rights Advocacy. Review of International Studies. ISSN 0260-2105. 50(2), s. 252–270. doi: https:/www.cambridge.org/core/journals/review-of-international-studies/article/power-of-interpersonal-relationships-a-sociolegal-approach-to-international-institutions-and-human-rights-advocacy/141C1CE205FED02E97E767A8847E2510. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article further develops and illustrates the argument that relationships between individuals help to explain the success of human rights advocacy in international institutions. Drawing from advocacy theory and socio-legal studies, I shift the attention from collective forms of advocacy to the importance of interpersonal relationships of advocates with individuals in international institutions to influence the development of human rights. I introduce a framework consisting of three analytical steps – mapping the key actors in a network, process-tracing, and biographical research – and apply the framework to three cases of norm development by a United Nations human rights treaty body. My findings highlight the power of interpersonal relationships for the making of human rights, and they inform scholarship on transnational elites, human rights advocacy, and the politics of international law.

• Reiners, Nina (2023). Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions as Change Agents in International Law, in: The Many Paths of Change in International Law, ed. by Nico Krisch and Ezgi Yildiz, Oxford University Press, 89-106. I Krisch, Nico & Yildiz, Ezgi (Red.), The Many Paths of Change in International Law, ed. by Nico Krisch and Ezgi Yildiz, Oxford University Press.. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198877844. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2023). States as Bystanders of Legal Change: Alternative Paths for the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation in International Law. Leiden Journal of International Law. ISSN 0922-1565. 37(1), s. 22–41. doi: https:/www.cambridge.org/core/journals/leiden-journal-of-international-law/article/states-as-bystanders-of-legal-change-alternative-paths-for-the-human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation-in-international-law/4F35DB13024C588C037173463675AF02. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2022). Internationale Organisationen & NGOs als Wissensakteure, in: Herrschaft und Wissen, ed. by Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Nomos, 241-264. I Schuppert, Gunnar (Red.), Herrschaft und Wissen, ed. by Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Nomos.. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ISSN 9783848769438. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2022). Self-Agentification by Experts: A Mechanism for Human Rights Lawmaking; Forum The Why and How of Global Governors: Relational Agency in World Politics, with Deloffre, Maryam Z.; Hofferberth, Matthias; Holzscheiter, Anna; Koch, Martin; Lambach, Daniel; Ronit, Karsten. International Studies Review 24 (4), International Studies Review. ISSN 1521-9488. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2021). Despite or Because of Contestation? How Water became a Human Right. Human Rights Quarterly. ISSN 0275-0392. 43(2), s. 329–343. doi: https:/muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/791095/summary. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2021). Connecting International Relations and Public Administration: Toward A Joint Research Agenda for the Study of International Bureaucracy. International Studies Review 23 (4), 1230-1247. International Studies Review. ISSN 1521-9488. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2020). Reiners, Nina (2020): Opposites Attract? The World Bank and the United Nations Human Rights Bodies, in: Augenmaß und Leidenschaft. Festschrift für Harald Fuhr, ed. by Thomas Hickmann and Markus Lederer, Nomos, 99-109. I Hickmann, Thomas & Lederer, Markus (Red.), Augenmaß und Leidenschaft. Festschrift für Harald Fuhr. Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG. ISSN 9783848752492. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2019). Liese, Andrea and Nina Reiners (2019): The Eye of the Beholder? The Contestation of Values and International Law, in: The International Rule of Law: Rise or Decline?, ed. by Heike Krieger, Georg Nolte and Andreas Zimmermann, Oxford University Press, 335-343. I Krieger, Heike; Nolte, Georg & Zimmermann, Andreas (Red.), The International Rule of Law? Rise or Decline?. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198843603. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Reiners, Nina (2022). Transnational Lawmaking Coalitions for Human Rights. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108969994. 214 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• Reiners, Nina (2026). Pro Bono Power: How Commercial Law Firms Reconstruct International Law and Compliance – University of Copenhagen. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  iCourts Lunch Seminar with Nina Reiners.

• Reiners, Nina & Thomsen, Elias Demant Werner (2026). Pro bono Lawyers to the Rescue: On Blind Spots in the EU Strategy for Civil Society. doi: 10.59704/3d5cdad359ef76db. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Civil society organizations (CSOs) are operating under pressing conditions. Recent events in Ceuta serve as an example: the mass crossing of asylum seekers showed the fault lines of European solidarity. This left many CSOs with the task of mitigating a looming humanitarian and political crisis. The EU’s Civil Society Strategy introduces pro bono lawyers as partners who will help CSOs survive these and other challenges. However, the Strategy does not impose on them any of the accountability, transparency, or independence criteria that civil society are required to meet.

• Reiners, Nina & Skeie, Victoria (2026). Hva med menneskerettighetene? | Klassekampen. doi: https:/klassekampen.no/utgave/2026-07-31/hva-med-menneskerettighetene. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Mens FN forhandler om en ny global skattereform, ser de ut til å glemt hvorfor de finnes i utgangspunktet.

• Reiners, Nina (2026). UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Biographies (UNHRTBB) Dataset. doi: 10.18710/KUFZVB. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This dataset compiles biographical and professional information on individuals elected as members of ten United Nations human rights treaty bodies: the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), the Human Rights Committee (CCPR), the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Committee on Migrant Workers (CMW), the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT). For each committee member, the dataset records nationality, legal system, region, year of election, dates/duration of term(s), date of birth, gender, education, current profession, and a coded summary of professional background and substantive expertise (see "Specialized formats or other abbreviations used" in the Readme file).

• Reiners, Nina (2026). Big Law, Corporate Interests, and the Politics of Environmental Tribunal-Building in Ethiopia. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Presentation of a working paper at the workshop "Critical mineral, energy, and conflict" in Addis Ababa, 8 June 2026

• Reiners, Nina (2026). The role of cities in transnational lawmaking coalitions. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Opening remarks to a roundtable discussion on how cities and local and regional governments could contribute more directly to international norm creation and on whether a change in international governance may make cities active co-creators.

• Reiners, Nina (2026). Le personnel des organisations internationales : histoire, luttes et défis - Maison des affaires publiques et internationales - Université de Montréal. doi: https:/maison-api.umontreal.ca/evenements/evenements-detailles/news/eventDetail/Event/le-personnel-des-organisations-internationales-histoire-luttes-et-defis/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Un atelier de recherche organisé par la Chaire d’excellence en études internationales de la Faculté des arts et des sciences de l’Université de Montréal.

• Reiners, Nina (2026). THE QUIET POWER - THEY SAID SO. [Internet]. THEY SAID SO. doi: https:/theysaidso.org/nina-reiners-university-of-oslo-by-julian-ginzo/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Why did I feel it was interesting to interview Nina? She is a distinguished political scientist and human rights scholar whose work bridges international relations, international law, and global advocacy. She is Professor of Human Rights and Social Sciences at the University of Oslo’s Faculty of Law and Principal Investigator of an European Research Council-funded project on transnational advocacy and private law firms’ roles in advancing rights.

• Reiners, Nina (2026). Thinking Big: Nina Reiners on Transnational Advocacy – CEMES. doi: https:/cemes.ku.dk/research/geic/calendar/2026/thinking-big/. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Thinking big: might private advocacy be the future of global politics and law — and should we welcome, regulate, or contest its influence?

• Reiners, Nina (2026). Transnational Advocacy: Big Law, Pro Bono, and the Rule of Law. doi: https:/www.eventbrite.com/e/transnational-advocacy-big-law-pro-bono-and-the-rule-of-law-tickets-1982383385069?viewDetails=true. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Time, Jon Kåre & Reiners, Nina (2026). (+) Nobelinstituttet legger ned forskningsprogram: – Mildt sagt dårlig timing. [Journal]. Morgenbladet. doi: https:/www.morgenbladet.no/samfunn/nobelinstituttet-legger-ned-forskningsprogram-mildt-sagt-darlig-timing/10196561. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Forskere som har vært tilknyttet Nobelinstituttet, er kritiske, men direktør Kristian Berg Harpviken sier forskningen er like sentral som før og at nobelkomiteen nå får et bedre kunnskapstilfang.

• Reiners, Nina (2025). 105 Jahre Gründung Völkerbund oder das Projekt Frieden. [TV]. WDR. doi: https:/www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/aktuelle-stunde/alle-videos/aktuelle-stunde-clip-aktuelle-stunde--15-11-2025-100.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawOs82FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPZjZuOXprMzlTeVNtMTNmc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpA5865Yi9olRclcGZYk0CCombMOhnZW9lCCvLfNCrVZ3Z-JqFRqIvNo7rsR_aem_uads3JGPHDOJF0NWBTRLWQ. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Reiners, Nina (2025). Forum: Raluca Grosescu’s Justice and Memory after Dictatorship (Filipe dos Reis, Nina Reiners, Kyle Reed, Victoria Basualdo, Andrei Miroiu, Raluca Grosescu). New Perspectives. ISSN 2336-825X. doi: 10.1177/2336825X241310093. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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