ABSTRACT
International human rights law is not enforced, one might say, because human rights norms are vague and aspirational, because enforcement mechanisms are toothless, because treaty regimes are notoriously weak, and because national governments lack the economic self-interest or the political will to restrain their own human rights violations. This chapter explores how, in theory, does transnational legal process promotes national obedience of international human rights law. It examines how does transnational legal process—this process called "interaction, interpretation and internalization"—work in real cases. The chapter teaches something about our duty, as citizens, to participate in transnational legal process. It says that international human rights law is enforced, not just by nation-states, not just by government officials, not just by world historical figures, but by people, by people with the courage and commitment to bring international human rights law home through a transnational legal process of interaction, interpretation, and internalization.
