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Informationen zum Autor Helen Keller is Professor of Constitutional! European and Public International Law at the University of Zurich. She served as a member of the UN Human Rights Committee from 2008 until 2011! when she was elected as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Geir Ulfstein is Professor of International Law at the Department of Public and International Law! University of Oslo. He is also a former Director of the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights. Klappentext An analysis of the UN human rights treaty bodies, their methods of interpretation, their effectiveness and issues of legitimacy. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.
