The Human Rights Committee: Its Role in the Development of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

The Human Rights Committee is charged with the task of monitoring the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This book examines the practices and procedures of the Committee under the Covenant and the Optional Protocol, and analyses the jurisprudence of the Committee under the selected key articles of the Covenant. The introduction to this edition highlights the principal developments concerning the Committee since 1990.