The effective implementation of human rights treaty obligations in national law is subject to
increasing attention. The main responsibility for the international monitoring of national …

This chapter deals with the rules of human rights interpretation as applied by the UN treaty
bodies, that is, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) as well as the Committees of the …

The UN Human Rights Treaty System: Law and Procedure examines the core UN human
rights treaties that form the framework of international human rights law. This book describes …

Abstract The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has recently published
her much anticipated report on strengthening the United Nations (UN) human rights treaty …

With the growth of the UN's Treaty Body System, the harmonization and the coordination of
working methods between the treaty bodies has become a pressing issue. Commentators …

The seven core UN human rights treaties are each supervised by an expert committee. This
book is the first to explore whether and to what extent the Committees supervisory …

For years, the measuring stick for human rights performance of governments around the
world has been the human rights standards adopted by the United Nations: the Universal …

Every state in the world has undertaken human rights obligations on the basis of United
Nations treaties. Today's challenge is to enhance the effectiveness of procedures and …

Human rights treaties are at the core of the international system for the promotion and
protection of human rights. Every UN member state has ratified at least one of these treaties …

This textbook presents the main universal and regional systems and standards for the
international protection of human rights, also taking note of recent changes in procedure …