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Title The future of UN human rights treaty monitoring / edited by Philip Alston and James Crawford
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Description xxxv, 563 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. The UN human rights treaty system: a system in crisis? / James Crawford. A. The UN human rights monitoring system in action. 2. Individual claims in a world of massive violations: what role for the Human Rights Committe? / Henry J. Steiner -- 3. Decision-taking in the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / Michael Banton -- 4. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against women at the crossroads / Mara R. Bustelo -- 5. The reporting process under the Convention on the Rights of the Child / Gerison Lansdown -- 6. The Committee on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights: catalyst for change in a system needing reform / Scott Leckie -- 7. Country-oriented procedures under the Convention against Torture: towards a new dynamism / Roland Bank -- 8. UN human rights reporting procedures: an NGO perspective / Andrew Clapham. B. National influences and responses. 9. Making human rights treaty obligations a reality: working with new actors and partners / Anne Gallagher -- 10. Domestic implementation of international human rights treaties: Nordic and Baltic experiences / Martin Scheinin -- 11. The domestic impact of international human rights standards: the Japanese experience / Yuji Iwasawa -- 12. The role of human rights treaty standards in domestic law: the Southern African experience / John Dugard -- 13. Uses and abuses of the treaty reporting procedure: Honk Kong between two systems / Andrew Byrnes -- 14. The United States and the international human rights treaty system: for export only? / Stefanie Grant. C. Regional and sectoral comparisons. 15. Reporting in the Inter-American system of human rights protection / Antonio Augusto Cancado Trindade -- 16. Lessons from the reporting system of the European Social Charter / David Harris -- 17. The role of reporting in international environmental treaties: lessons for human rights supervision / Daniel Bodansky. D. Common challenges for the treaty bodies. 18. The problem of overlapping among different treaty bodies / Eric Tistounet -- 19. Bodies of knowledge: a diversity promotion role for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights / Craid Scott -- 20. Treaty bodies responding to states of emergency: the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina / Michael O'Flaherty -- 21. Ensuring effective supervisory procedures: the need for resources / Elizabeth Evatt -- 22. Servicing and financing human rights supervision / Markus Schmidt. E. Looking to the future. 23. Beyond 'them' and 'us': putting treaty bodyy reform into perspective / Philip Alston
Summary "Every state in the world has undertaken human rights obligations on the basis of UN treaties. The six treaty bodies that monitor and evaluate state policies and practices play a vital role, but the whole system has been stretched almost to breaking point." "This volume contains detailed analyses of the strengths and weaknesses of the system, written by many leading participants in the work of the treaty bodies. Their recommendations provide a blueprint for far-reaching reform of a system of major importance for the future of international efforts to protect human rights."--BOOK JACKET
Analysis Domestic matters (International relations)
International comparisons
International law
Overseas item
UN Commission on Human Rights
Human rights
UN conventions
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject United Nations -- Commissions.
United Nations.
Human rights monitoring.
Human rights.
Author Alston, Philip.
Crawford, James, 1948-
LC no. 99034665
ISBN 0521641950 (hardback)
0521645743 (paperback)