1 Introduction&HELEN KELLER AND GEIR ULFSTEIN 1
2 Examination of state reports&WALTER KALIN 16
3 Individual complaints&GEIR ULFSTEIN 73
4 General Comments of the Human Rights Committee and their legitimacy&HELEN KELLER AND LEENA GROVER 116
5 The protection of economic and social rights: a particular challenge?&URFAN KHALIQ AND ROBIN CHURCHILL 199
6 Aspects of human rights interpretation by the UN treaty bodies&BIRGIT SCHLUTTER 261
7 UN treaty bodies and the Human Rights Council&NIGEL S. RODLEY 320
8 The legal status of decisions by human rights treaty bodies in national law&ROSANNE VAN ALEBEEK AND ANDRE NOLLKAEMPER 356
9 Conclusions&HELEN KELLER AND GEIR ULFSTEIN 414
Bibliography 426
Index 446