TY  - BOOK
AU  - Keller, Helen Ed.
AU  - Ulfstein, Geir Ed.
TI  - UN human rights treaty bodies : law and legitimacy
T2  -  Studies on Human Rights Conventions
SN  - 9781107006546
U1  - 341.231.14 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - UK 
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - United Nations.
KW  - Human rights
KW  - International agencies
KW  - Treaties
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights
KW  - 1. Introduction Helen Keller and Geir Ulfstein
KW  - 2. Examination of state reports Walter Kälin
KW  - 3. Individual complaints Geir Ulfstein
KW  - 4. General comments of the Human Rights Committee and their legitimacy Helen Keller and Leena Grover
KW  - 5. The protection of economic and social rights: a particular challenge? Urfan Khaliq and Robin Churchill
KW  - 6. Aspects of human rights interpretation by the UN Treaty bodies Birgit Schlütter
KW  - 7. UN Treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council Nigel S. Rodley
KW  - 8. The legal status of decisions by human rights treaty bodies in national law Rosanne van Alebeek and André Nollkaemper
KW  - 9. Conclusions Helen Keller and Geir Ulfstein
N1  - 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 implementation at the global level is entrusted to the UN human rights treaty bodies. These bodies are established by the respective human rights conventions and are composed of independent experts. This book examines three aspects of these bodies: the legal aspects of their structure, functions and decisions; their effectiveness in ensuring respect for human rights obligations; and the legitimacy of these bodies and their decisions. Containing contributions from a variety of eminent legal experts, including present and former members of the treaty bodies, the analysis should be read in light of the ongoing effort to strengthen treaty bodies under the auspices of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and with the involvement of relevant stakeholders.

    Places human rights treaty bodies in their general international institutional context and analyses their special legal features
    Analyses the legitimacy of the human rights treaty bodies and their decisions
    Discusses the effectiveness of the human rights treaty bodies in ensuring respect for human rights obligations, a hitherto under-explored area
N2  - This analysis of the legal aspects of UN human rights treaty bodies, their effectiveness, and the legitimacy of their composition, procedures and decisions contains contributions by a variety of eminent legal experts, including present and former members of the treaty bodies
ER  -