Questions of evidence in the un human rights treaty bodies' individual communications procedure / edited by Deborah Casalin, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Cornelia Klocker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Casalin, Deborah, editor.

Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte, 1961- editor.

Klocker, Cornelia Angela, editor.

Series:

Studies on international courts and tribunals.

Studies on international courts and tribunals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations Human Rights Council.

Burden of proof.

International law and human rights.

Human rights.

International courts.

Treaties.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxx, 345 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

Eight United Nations human rights treaty bodies (UNTBs) can currently examine 'communications' (complaints) from individuals against states. This edited collection is the first in-depth analysis of the evidentiary regimes developed within this procedure. Nine case studies underscore the weak evidentiary basis of the UNTB decisions and the importance of addressing this issue, while the final chapter offers a set of practical recommendations. Grounded in academic research and legal practice, the volume incorporates doctrinal, critical, socio-legal, and anthropological perspectives. It provides an authoritative reference on UNTBs, whilst aiming at contributing to the strengthening of their evidentiary norms and practices. The title is also available open access on Cambridge Core.

Contents:

Deborah Casalin, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour and Cornelia Klocker / Introduction : Studying Evidence in the UNTB Communications Procedure Why this Book, What it Offers

Marie-Bénédicte Dembour and Hanaa Hakiki / Evidencing Pushbacks? Why Fair, Clear and Consistently-Applied Burdens and Standards of Proof are Essential to Human Rights Adjudication

Lisa Reinsberg / UN Treaty Bodies 'Sufficiently Substantiated' Admissibility Requirement : Endorsement or Distortion of the Prima Facie Threshold?

Cornelia Klocker / Forty Years and Counting : CERDs Ongoing Search for a Clear Evidentiary Path

Matthew Gillett, Yutaka Karukaya and Mia Marzotto / The Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions Treatment of Evidence : A Three-Phase History of Increasing Sophistication

Kasey McCall-Smith / Reversing the Burden of Proof in Response to State Non-Participation : Recent Evolutions in the Human Rights Committees Examination of Individual Torture Claims

Meghan Campbell / Its All Been Done? Individual Communications, the Exhaustion Rule and a New Methodology Expanding and Evidencing Domestic Barriers to Justice

Christopher Roberts / Not Just Single Events : Calling on UN Treaty Bodies to Expose Patterns or Practices of Violations

Elena Ghidoni / The Polluting Effect of Stereotypes on Evidence : CEDAWs Efforts to Address Gender-Based Discriminatory Narratives

Miia Halme-Tuomisaari and Reetta Toivanen / The Dangers of Distant Evidence : the UN Human Rights Committees Individual Communications, 512 000 Potential New Sámi Voters and Other 'Objective' Facts

Lisa Reinsberg, Hanaa Hakiki and Vincent Ploton / Practical Recommendations for Greater Fairness, Accessibility, and Transparency in the UN Treaty Bodies Evidentiary Standards

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2026).

ISBN:

1-009-63923-4

Access Restriction:

Open Access. Unrestricted online access