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Part V Institutions and Actors, Ch.26 The Role and Impact of Treaty Bodies

Nigel S Rodley

From: The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law

Edited By: Dinah Shelton

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Handbooks in Law
Published in print:
24 October 2013
ISBN:
9780199640133

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 05 October 2023

Subject(s):
Treaties, interpretation — Treaties, application — Extraterritorial application of treaties — Treaties, ratification — Disappearances

This article examines the role of treaty bodies in the development and enforcement of international human rights law. It explains that there are now nine core human rights treaties and each of them provided the establishment of its own monitoring committee which includes the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Committee, the Committee against Torture and the Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED). This article discusses the composition, functions and the decision-making process of these committees.

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