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"As a result of its origins in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the amount of work that it has done, the UN Human Rights Committee is considered the most important body in the UN human rights treaty system. Sensitive to the viewpoint of developing countries, and taking into account the interplay of law and politics, this comprehensive study of the Committee's procedure and practice assesses its conceptual, institutional and functional frameworks and analyses a large number of cases with which the Committee has dealt. It is based on the drafting history of the Covenant and the Optional Protocols thereto, in-depth analysis of the relevant documents of the United Nations and other international bodies, observations on the functioning of the Committee and interviews with a number of activists, experts and officials dealing with the work of the Committee"--Provided by publisher.

United Nations --- United Nations. --- UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss --- MRK (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- HRC (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee (United Nations) --- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. --- Human rights --- Droits de l'homme (Droit international) --- Coopération internationale --- Droit international --- Nations Unies --- Communauté internationale --- Défense des droits de l'homme --- Nations unies. comité des droits de l'homme

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This book provides an innovative analysis of the complex issue of judicial convergence and fragmentation in international human rights law, moving the conversation forward from the assessment of the two phenomena and investigating their triggering factors. With a wide geographical focus that include the most up-to-date case-law from the three main regional systems (the African, European and Inter-American) and the UN Human Rights Committee, the book confirms the predominant judicial convergence across international human rights law. On this basis, the book engages with an interdisciplinary investigation into the legal and non-legal factors that could explain both convergence and fragmentation, ranging from the use of judicial dialogue and the notions of necessity and proportionality to the composition of the courts and the role of NGOs. The aim is to provide the tools to understand the dynamics between human rights adjudicatory bodies and possibly foresee future instances of judicial fragmentation.

Human rights. --- International human rights courts. --- United Nations. --- Human rights courts, International --- International courts --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss --- MRK (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- HRC (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee (United Nations) --- Regionalism (International organization)

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Paradoxically, many governments that persistently violate human rights have also ratified international human rights treaties that empower their citizens to file grievances against them at the United Nations. Therefore, citizens in rights-repressing regimes find themselves with the potentially invaluable opportunity to challenge their government's abuses. Why would rights-violating governments ratify these treaties and thus afford their citizens this right? Can the mechanisms provided in these treaties actually help promote positive changes in human rights?Insincere Commitments uses both quant

Human rights monitoring. --- Human rights --- Monitoring, Human rights --- Human rights advocacy --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Government policy. --- International cooperation. --- Monitoring --- Law and legislation --- United Nations. --- UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss --- MRK (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- HRC (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee (United Nations) --- Human rights monitoring --- International cooperation --- Government policy --- Human rights - International cooperation --- Human rights - Government policy

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Human rights --- Burgerlijk recht --- Droit civil --- Droits de l'homme --- Mensenrechten --- Human Rights --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Human Rights Committee of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- United Nations. --- UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss --- MRK (Organization) --- HRC (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee (United Nations) --- Human rights. --- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- ʻAhd al-Dawlī al-Khāṣṣ bi-al-Ḥuqūq al-Madanīyah wa-al-Siyāsīyah --- ICCPR --- International Bill of Human Rights. --- Internationale Verdrag inzake Burgerlijke en Politieke Rechten --- Internationaler Pakt über Bürgerliche und Politische Rechte --- Kokusai jinken (jiyūken) kiyaku --- Kokusai jinken kiyaku --- Międzynarodowy Pakt Praw Obywatelskich i Politycznych --- Mīs̲āq-i Bayn al-Milalī-i Ḥuqūq-i Madanī va Siyāsī --- MPPOiP --- Pacto internacional de derechos civiles y políticos --- Pakt Praw Obywatelskich i Politycznych --- Pakt über Bürgerliche und Politische Rechte --- Shiminteki oyobi seijiteki kenri ni kansuru kokusai kiyaku --- UN-Konvention über Zivile und Politische Rechte --- UN-Menschenrechtskonvention --- عهد الدولي الخاص بالحقوق المدنية والسياسية --- Kovenan Internasional Hak Sipil dan Politik --- Pacte international relatif aux droits civils et politiques --- 公民與政治權利國際公約 --- 公民权利及政治权利国际公约

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This volume examines the different and sometimes contradictory approaches of four UN human rights committees to the concept of religion. Drawing on critical perspectives from religious studies, the book combines a genealogical assessment of the role of religion in international law with a detailed textual study of the reporting practice of the committees monitoring racial discrimination, civil and political rights, women's rights, and children's rights. Årsheim argues that the role of religion within the rights traditions monitored by the committees varies to the extent that their recommendations risk contradicting one another, thereby undermining their credibility and potential to bring about real change on the ground: Where some committees view religion singularly as a core individual right, others see religion partly as an inherent threat to the realization of other rights, but also as a potent social force to be reckoned with. In order to remedy this situation, Årsheim proposes the publication of a joint general comment by all the committees, spelling out their approach to the role of religion in the implementation of human rights.

Religious issues & debates --- Sociology --- Law. --- United Nations. --- human rights. --- religion. --- CEDAW --- CEDAW Committee --- Committee on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women --- Convenção para a Eliminação de Todas as Formas de Discriminação Contra a Mulher --- Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Organization) --- Komite PBB Untuk Penghapusan Diskriminasi Terhadap Perempuan --- Sīdāw --- Sīḍō --- Yŏsŏng Ch'abyŏl Ch'ŏlp'ye Wiwŏnhoe --- CERD --- CERD Committee --- Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial de Naciones Unidas-CERD --- United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination --- UN-Menschenrechtsausschuss --- MRK (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee of the Covenant on Civil and Political Rights --- HRC (Organization) --- Human Rights Committee (United Nations) --- CRC --- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child --- Committee on the Rights of the Child (United Nations) --- Comité des droits de l'enfant --- Comité sobre los Derechos del Niño de Naciones Unidas --- Comité Internacional de los Derechos del Niño del Sistema de Naciones Unidas