1. Introduction: human rights: past, present and future Stephen Hopgood, Jack Snyder and Leslie Vinjamuri; 2. Human rights data, processes, and outcomes: how recent research points to a better future Geoffrey Dancy and Kathryn Sikkink; 3. Human rights and human welfare: looking for a 'dark side' to international human rights law Beth A. Simmons and Anton Strezhnev; 4. Empowering rights through mass movements, religion, and reform parties Jack Snyder; 5. Human rights backlash Leslie Vinjamuri; 6. Human rights in areas of limited statehood: from the spiral model to localization and translation Thomas Risse; 7. Grounding the backlash: regional security treaties, counternorms and human rights in Eurasia Alexander Cooley and Matthew Schaaf; 8. Governing religion as right Elizabeth Shakman Hurd; 9. The vernacularization of women's human rights Sally Engle Merry and Peggy Levitt; 10. Re-framing human rights advocacy: the rise of economic rights Shareen Hertel; 11. Human rights and the crisis of liberalism Samuel Moyn; 12. Human rights on the road to nowhere Stephen Hopgood; 13. Conclusion: human rights futures Stephen Hopgood, Jack Snyder and Leslie Vinjamuri.