Inter-State Communications and Human Rights: Developments and Prospects

Developments at the international level over the past 5 years have re-ignited the relevance of a mechanism that had remained dormant for decades: inter-state communications before UN treaty bodies. Under-utilised and, consequently, under-studied, inter-state communications allow States to bring cases against other States for violations of their human rights obligations.
Given the strong human rights dimension of cases currently under consideration by the ICJ and other international disputes, as well as the numerous and significant cases being presently considered by human rights treaty bodies and other human rights courts, this edited volume seeks to consider the potential of inter-state communications for promoting and ensuring respect for human rights around the globe.

Dr Rosana Garciandia is Co-Director of the Centre for International Governance and Dispute Resolution and Senior Lecturer in Public International Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. She is also Research Leader in Labour Exploitation and Human Rights at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).

Dr Jean Pierre Gauci is Arthur Watts Senior Research Fellow in Public International Law and Director of Teaching and Training at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL).