Includes bibliographical references.

It's time for a world court of human rights / Manfred Nowak -- Periodic reporting : the backbone of the UN treaty body review procedures / Michael O'Flaherty and Pei-Lun Tsai -- Streamlining the constructive dialogue : efficiency from states' perspectives / Rachael Lorna Johnstone -- On the binding nature of the findings of the treaty bodies / William A. Schabas -- Implementing treaty body recommendations : establishing better follow-up procedures / Felice D. Gaer -- Accessing justice by all means : individual communications before UN treaty bodies : a case study of CERD / Chris Maina Peter -- The complementary role of general comments in enhancing the implementation of treaty bodies' recommendations and views (the example of CESCR) / Aslan Abashidze -- Universal suffrage and the international human rights treaty bodies : where are the women? / Alice Edwards -- Taking human rights from the grassroots to Geneva ... and back : strengthening the relationship between UN treaty bodies and NGOs / Philip Lynch and Ben Schokman -- Strengthening of the UN treaty bodies' complaint procedures : elements for a reform agenda from an NGO perspective / Gabriela Kletzel, Camila Barretto Maia and M�onica Zwaig -- Building a universal system for the protection of human rights : the way forward / Olivier de Frouville -- Making the connection : security and human rights / Elvira Dom�inguez-Redondo -- The work of the International Commission of Inquiry for Libya / Philippe Kirsch -- What should be the UN Human Rights Council's role in investigating genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity? / Lyal S. Sunga -- Peer review in the mix : how the UPR transforms human rights discourse / Constance de la Vega and Tamara N. Lewis -- The system of the UN special procedures : some proposals for change / Ingrid Nifosi-Sutton -- The unfinished business of a special procedures system / Tania Baldwin-Pask and Patrizia Scannella.