Human Rights Derogations: Sourcing and Analysing the Concluding Observations of the International Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Abstract:This article begins by examining the role of international human rights treaty bodies in monitoring the implementation of international human rights conventions. It proceeds to analyse the significance of Concluding Observations specifically. It then provides an overview of the obstacles that currently exist in respect of access to Concluding Observations as a source of international human rights law, and subsequently outlines the solution developed by this author: a comprehensive and searchable database. The article concludes with application of the newly developed database for the analysis of Concluding Observations in the context of human rights derogations.