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Selected Bibliography on Implementation

Policy documents

Articles and other publications

General Implementation:

  • A.F. Bayefsky (ed.), The UN Human Rights Treaty System in the 21st Century,  Kluwer Law International, 2000.
  • C. Chinkin, ‘The Challenge of Soft Law: Development and Change in International Law’, Vol. 38 (4) International and Comparative Law Quarterly, October 1989, pp 850-866.
  • Damrosch, Lori Fisler. Enforcing International Law Through Non-Forcible Measures. 269 Recueil des Cours (Academie de Droit International de La Haye), 1997.
  • Downs, George W., & Michael A. Jones. Reputation, Compliance, and International Law. 31 J. Legal Stud.2002,  S95-S114.
  • A. Guzman and T. Meyer, ‘International Soft Law’, Vol.2 (1), Journal of Legal Analysis (Spring 2010), p.171-225.
  • H. Gunther, M. Reisman, B. Sima, P-M. Dupuy, C.Chinkin, & R. De La Vega, ‘A Hard Look at Soft Law’, 82 Am. Soc'y Int'1L. Proc. 1988, 371.
  • H. Hannum, ‘The Status of the UDHR in National and International Law’, 25 G.A. Journal of International Comparative Law, (1995-6), 287.
  • International Law Assocation, Committee on International Human Rights Law and Practice, Final Report on the Impact of Findings of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies 2004.
  • M. Hirsch, ‘Compliance with International Norms in the Age of Globalization: Two Theoretical Perspectives’. In: Benvenisti E, Hirsch M (eds) The Impact of International Law on International Cooperation, (2004) pp. 166–193. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  • oH. Keller and G. Ulfstein (eds), UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Law and Legitimacy, Cambridge University Press, 2012.
  • oHH Koh, Why do Nations Obey International Law? Yale Law Journal 106(8), (1997), 2599–2659.
  • D. McGoldrick, The Human Rights Committee: Its Role in the Development of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994.
  • Open Society Justice Initiative, From Rights to Remedies. Structures and Strategies for Implementing International Human Rights Decisions: Executive Summary, Open Society Foundation, 2013.
  • M. Schmidt, ‘Follow-up Activities by UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures Mechanisms of the Human Rights Council – Recent Developments’ G. Alfredsson International Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms. Essays in Honour of Jacob Th. Möller Leiden Martinus Nijhoff, 2009, 25
  • D. Shelton (ed), Commitment and Complaince: The Role of Non-binding Norms in The International Legal System, Oxford University Press, 2007.
  • H. J. Steiner, ‘Individual Claims in a World of Massive Violations: What Role for the Human Rights Committee’, P. Alston and J. Crawford (eds.), The Future of UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring XXXV, Cambridge University Press, 2000.

African human rights system:

  • R. Murray, ‘International Human Rights: Neglect of Perspectives from African Institutions’, 55(1) ICLQ (2006) 193-204
  • J. Oder, ‘The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ order in respect of the situation in Libya: A watershed in the regional protection of human rights?’, African Human Rights Law Journal (2011)
  • Odinkalu and Christensen, ‘The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The Development of its Non-State Communication Procedures’, 20 HRQ (1998) 235
  • Okere, O.B., ‘The Protection of Human Rights in Africa and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights: A Comparative Analysis with the European and American Systems’ 6 Human Rights Quarterly (1984) 141-159
  • M.G Wachira and A. Ayinla, ‘Twenty years of elusive enforcement of the recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: A possible remedy’, 6(2) African Human Rights Law Journal (2006) 465-493
  • F. Viljoen, ‘The realisation of Human Rights in Africa through Sub-Regional Institutions’, 7 African Yearbook of International Law (1999) 185-214
  • F. Viljoen and L. Louw, ‘The Status and Findings of the African Commission: From Moral Persuasion to Legal Obligation’, 48(1) JAL (2004) 1-22
  • F. Viljoen and L. Louwe, ‘An Assessment of State Compliance with the Recommendations of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights between 1993 and 2004’, 101/1 American Journal of International Law (2007) 1-34

European human rights system:

  • S. Greer, ‘What’s Wrong with the European Convention on Human Rights?’ (2008) 30 Human Rights Quarterly 680-702.
  • Helfer, ‘Redesigning the European Court of Human Rights: Embeddedness as a Deep Structural Principle of the European Human Rights Regime’ (2008) 19 European Journal of International Law 125-159.
  • Leach, ‘Access to the European Court of Human Rights – From Legal Entitlement to Lottery?’ 27 (2006) Human Rights Law Journal 11-24.
  • Rodger, ‘The Future of the European Court of Human Rights: Symposium at the University of Graz’ (2003) 24 H.R.L.J. 149.
  • Prebensen, ‘Inter-State complaints under treaty provisions - The experience under the European Convention on Human Rights’ (1999) 20 HRLJ 446.
  • Wildhaber, ‘A Constitutional Future for the European Court of Human Rights?’ [2002] 23 H.R.L.J. 161

NHRIs:

  • M. Kjærum, National Human Rights Institutions Implementing Human Rights, Danish Institute for Human Rights, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2003

The role of parliaments:

  • D. Dyzenhaus, “Are legislatures good at morality? Or better at it than the courts?” (2009) 7 International Journal of Constitutional Law, 46
  • J. Hiebert, “Parliament and the Human Rights Act: Can the JCHR help facilitate a culture of rights?” (2006) 4 International Journal of Constitutional Law, 1.
  • M. Hunt, ‘The Impact of the Human Rights Act on the Legislature: A Diminution of Democracy or a New Voice for Parliament?’ (2010) EHRLR, 601.
  • D. Kinley D, The European Convention on Human Rights: Compliance without Incorporation (Dartmouth, 1993).

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