International Human Rights Institutions and Enforcement

'This collection, curated by eminent jurist Fausto Pocar, is destined to become an indispensable resource for a broad audience. Those newly exposed to the subject of human rights will find an elegant and comprehensive account of core elements of enforcement, as well as stimulating critiques of evolving measures of enforcement and implementation. Scholars and practitioners already steeped in the subject will treasure the collection's sophisticated assessments, authored by leading experts across multiple regions.'

Edited by Fausto Pocar, Professor Emeritus of International Law, University of Milan, Italy and Judge, ICTY, ICTR and ICJ

Content: Acknowledgements Introduction Fausto Pocar 1. Thomas Buergenthal (2006), 'The Evolving International Human Rights System', American Journal of International Law, 100 (4), October, 783-807 2. Harold Hongju Koh (1999), 'How is International Human Rights Law Enforced?', Indiana Law Journal, 74 (4), Fall, 1397-417 3. Douglas Donoho (2006), 'Human Rights Enforcement in the Twenty-First Century', Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 35 (1), 1-52 4. Pammela Quinn Saunders (2012), 'The Integrated Enforcement of Human Rights', New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, 45 (1), Fall, 97-174 5. Andrew Drzemczewski (2001), 'The Prevention of Human Rights Violations: Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe', in Linos-Alexander Sicilianos and Christiane Bourloyannis-Vrailas (eds), The Prevention of Human Rights Violation: Contribution on the Occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Marangopoulos Foundation for Human Rights (MFHR), Part II, Chapter 4, The Hague, the Netherlands: Kluwer Law International, 139-77 6. W. Michael Reisman (1995), 'Practical Matters for Consideration in the Establishment of a Regional Human Rights Mechanism: Lessons from the Inter-American System', Saint Louis-Warsaw Transatlantic Law Journal, 1995, 89-101 7. Andrea Durbach, Catherine Renshaw and Andrew Byrnes (2009), 'A Tongue but No Teeth? The Emergence of a Regional Human Rights Mechanism in the Asia Pacific Region', Sydney Law Review, 31 (2), June, 211-38 PART II THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER BASED MONITORING PROCEDURES: FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 8. Paul Gordon Lauren (2007), '"To Preserve and Build on its Achievements and to Redress its Shortcomings": The Journey from the Commission on Human Rights to the Human Rights Council', Human Rights Quarterly, 29 (2), May, 307-45 9. Francoise J. Hampson (2007), 'An Overview of the Reform of the UN Human Rights Machinery', Human Rights Law Review: Special Issue, 7 (1), 7-27 10. Gian Luca Burci (2005), 'The United Nations Human Rights Council', Italian Yearbook of International Law, 15 (1), 25-42 11. Gareth Sweeney and Yuri Saito (2009), 'An NGO Assessment of the New Mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council', Human Rights Law Review, 9 (2), 203-23 12. Rosa Freedman (2013), 'The United Nations Human Rights Council: More of the Same?', Wisconsin International Law Journal, 31 (2), 208-51 PART III THE ENFORCEMENT ROLE OF HIGH COMMISSIONERS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 13. Harold Hongju Koh (2003-2004), 'A Job Description for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights', Columbia Human Rights Law Review, Symposium on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: The First Ten Years of the Office, and the Next, 35 (3), Summer, 493-503 14. Lauri Sivonen (2012), 'The Commissioner for Human Rights', in Gauthier de Beco (ed.), Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms of the Council of Europe, Chapter 1, Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 17-42 PART IV THE MONITORING ROLE OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES BODIES THROUGH REPORTING PROCEDURES [389 pp] 15. Eckart Klein (1998), 'The Reporting System under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights', in The Monitoring System of Human Rights Treaty Obligations: Colloquium Potsdam 22./23. November 1996, Berlin, Germany: Berlin Verlag Arno Spitz GmbH, 17-29 16. Manfred Nowak (1980), 'The Effectiveness of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights', Human Rights Law Journal, 1 (1), 136-70 17. Ineke Boerefijn (1995), 'Towards a Strong System of Supervision: The Human Rights Committee's Role in Reforming the Reporting Procedure under Article 40 of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights', Human Rights Quarterly, 17 (4), November, 766-93 18. Torkel Opsahl (1989), 'The General Comments of the Human Rights Committee', in Jurgen Jekewitz, Ka