The Human Rights Committee: Its Role in the Development of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (Oxford Monographs in International Law) - Hardcover

McGoldrick, Dominic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198252781 ISBN 13: 9780198252788

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

The Human Rights Committee is charged with the task of monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Since its inception it has arguably become the most important independent internatonal human rights body in the world. Through the consideration of State Reports, from over half of the world community, and the examination of communication submitted by individuals (under the Optional Protocol to the Covenant), the Human Rights Committee seeks to establish an universal human rights jurisprudence. This book analyzes the institutional characteristics of the Human Rights Committee, how it has developed its practices and prodecures under the Covenant and the Optional Protocol, and discusses the jurisprudence of the Committee under selected key articles of the Covenant.

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Review

undoubtedly the most thorough and up-to-date survey of ... the Human Rights Committee (International and Comparative Law Quarterly)

Every law library must buy a copy of this book and every person interested in human rights would benefit greatly from reading it. (Cambridge Law Journal)

About the Author

Dominic McGoldrick is at University of Liverpool.

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198252781
• ISBN 13: 9780198252788
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 590