Includes bibliographical references and index.

Human rights in the 21st century / Bertie G. Ramcharan -- The United Nations' human rights machinery : developments and challenges / Petter F. Wille -- State reports / Morten Kj�rum -- Follow-up activities by UN human rights treaty bodies and special procedures mechanisms of the Human Rights Council : recent developments / Markus Schmidt -- Petitions before the United Nations treaty bodies : focus on the Human Rights Committee's Optional Protocol Procedure / Alfred de Zayas -- The Human Rights Committee's jurisprudence under Article 26 of the ICCPR : the hidden revolution / Carla Edelenbos -- The petition system under ICERD : an unfilled promise / Theo van Boven -- CEDAW and the Optional Protocol : first experiences / Cess Flinterman and Ginney Liu -- CAT and Articles 20 and 22 / Bent S�rensen -- Monitoring the CRC / Lucy Smith -- A brief look at the International Convention on the Protection of Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families / M. Arthur Robinson Diakit�e -- Negotiating the monitoring mechanism for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : two steps forward, one step back / Anna Bruce -- Five years of working in the UN Commission on Human Rights : some reflections for the future work of the UN Human Rights Council / Ulrika Sundberg -- The establishment of the UN Human Rights Council / Jan Eliasson -- What effect if any will the UN Human Rights Council have on special procedures? / Lyal S. Sunga -- Institutional re-engineering for effective human rights monitoring : proposals for the unfinished business under the "new" Human Rights Council / Ibrahim Salama -- Urgent action / Sir Nigel Rodley -- The Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights / Bertie G. Ramcharan -- Human rights fields operations / Michael O'Flaherty -- The United Nations programme of technical cooperation in the field of human rights / Craig G. Mokhiber -- Mainstreaming human rights in the United States / Zdzis�aw K�edzia -- The Security Council and human rights / Jan Klabbers -- The International Court of Justice : monitoring human rights / Jonas Grimheden -- International criminal adjudication bodies : to what extent can they promote human rights effectively in post-conflict situations? / Ilaria Bottigliero -- The international criminal tribunals / William A. Schabas -- The normative impact of human rights on programming in the UNDP / Patrick van Weerelt and Zanofer Ismalebbe -- The International Labour Organization and human rights : access to the ILO / Lee Swepston -- Role of UNESCO in human rights implementation / Bhaswati Mukherjee -- The World Bank Inspection Panel / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes -- Monitoring the human right to adequate food at country level / Maarten Immink and Margret Vidar -- The role of UNHCR in the monitoring and implementation of human rights standards for refugees and other persons of concern / Christoph Bierwirth -- Human rights education / Anette Faye Jacobsen -- United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues : a multifaceted approach to human right monitoring / Elsa Stamatopoulou -- Minorities at the United Nations / Asbj�rn Eide -- Monitoring the rights of the internally displaced / Maria Stavropoulou -- Voluntary reporting : the global compact / Radu Mares -- Terrorism and human rights monitoring / Iain Cameron -- Monitoring human rights obligations and the fight against terrorism : whose obligations? And monitored how? / Martin Scheinin -- Indicators for monitoring human rights / Jonas Grimheden -- Sexual orientation discrimination : a necessary and emerging area of United Nations concern / Timothy Maldoon -- Inter-state complaints under treaty provisions : the experience under the European Convention on Human Rights / S�ren C. Prebensen -- Control of execution of decisions under the European Convention on Human Rights : a perspective on democratic security, inter-governmental cooperation, unification and individual justice in Europe / Fredrik G.E. Sundberg.

The European Court of Human Rights : past, present and future : an introduction to the Strasbourg Court / Elisabet Fura-Sandstr�om -- The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture / Eric Svandize -- The European Social Charter / Regis Brillat -- The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights / Thomas Hammarberg and John Dalhuisen -- The monitoring procedure of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly / Jan Kleijssen -- The "pilot-judgment" procedure of the European Court of Human Rights / David Th�or Bj�orgvinsson -- Monitoring against discrimination and xenophobia : the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) / Lauri Hannikainen -- Monitoring the human dimension of the OSCE / Arie Bloed -- Monitoring by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) / Eric Manton and Bernard Knoll -- The EU Network of Independent Experts on Fundamental Rights / Rhona K.M. Smith -- Fundamental rights in the EU, with special emphasis on the case-law of the European Court of Justice (Luxembourg) / Allan Ross -- The EU as an external human rights actor / Sybilla Fries and Allan Rosas -- The European Parliament as a human rights monitoring mechanism / Ana Gomes -- The Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union / Olivier De Schutter and Val�erie Van Goethem -- Basic facts of the individual complaint procedure of the Inter-American human rights system / Diego Rodr�iguez-Pinz�on -- The Commission and the Court under the African human rights system / Muna Ndulo -- Human rights monitoring in the Asia-Pacific Region / Vitit Muntarbhorn -- Parliamentary human rights mechanisms / Anders B. Johnsson -- National human rights institutions / Brian Burdekin -- The role of bar associations and law societies in the implementation of human rights / Ragnar A�alsteinsson -- The role of NGOs : an overview / Rachel Brett -- Minority Rights Group International / Clive Baldwin -- Monitoring human rights in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina : the Human Rights Chamber and its contribution to the establishment of rule of law in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina / Ekkehard Strauss -- Eight reasons why we need a World Court of Human Rights / Manfred Nowak -- National protection systems / Bertie G. Ramcharan -- Early warning and prevention / Bertram G. Ramcharan.