UN human rights treaty bodies talking to domestic adjudicators through their quasi-judicial work : an examination of CERD and CEDAW Ghent University
The article examines the merit of UN treaty bodies' accumulated case law as a resource for domestic adjudicators, i.e., courts and quasi-judicial bodies (such as national human rights institutions) addressing human rights complaints at the national level. It has the objective of assessing the extent to which treaty bodies are talking to an audience beyond the parties in the case. Starting from a view that sees impact on national adjudicators as ...