Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Keller & Ulfstein: UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Law and Legitimacy

Helen Keller (Universität Zürich) & Geir Ulfstein (Universitetet i Oslo - Law) have published UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies: Law and Legitimacy (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012). Contents include:
  • Helen Keller & Geir Ulfstein, Introduction
  • Walter Kälin, Examination of state reports
  • Geir Ulfstein, Individual complaints
  • Helen Keller & Leena Grover, General comments of the Human Rights Committee and their legitimacy
  • Urfan Khaliq & Robin Churchill, The protection of economic and social rights: a particular challenge?
  • Birgit Schlütter, Aspects of human rights interpretation by the UN Treaty bodies
  • Nigel S. Rodley, UN Treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council
  • Rosanne van Alebeek & André Nollkaemper, The legal status of decisions by human rights treaty bodies in national law
  • Helen Keller & Geir Ulfstein, Conclusions