UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies

ISBN-13: 9781107006546 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 490 str.

Helen Keller

Opis

Analysis of the UN human rights treaty bodies, their methods of interpretation, their effectiveness and issues of legitimacy.

Spis treści

1. Introduction Helen Keller and Geir Ulfstein; 2. Examination of state reports Walter Kälin; 3. Individual complaints Geir Ulfstein; 4. General comments of the Human Rights Committee and their legitimacy Helen Keller and Leena Grover; 5. The protection of economic and social rights: a particular challenge? Urfan Khaliq and Robin Churchill; 6. Aspects of human rights interpretation by the UN Treaty bodies Birgit Schlütter; 7. UN Treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council Nigel S. Rodley; 8. The legal status of decisions by human rights treaty bodies in national law Rosanne van Alebeek and André Nollkaemper; 9. Conclusions Helen Keller and Geir Ulfstein.