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From Paradox To Subsidiarity: The United States And Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Tara J. Melish
From Paradox To Subsidiarity: The United States And Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Tara J. Melish
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Published as Chapter 8 in The Sword and the Scales: The United States and International Courts and Tribunals, Cesare P.R. Romano, ed.
It is frequently said that the United States has a paradoxical human rights policy. This Article takes a closer look at this vision from the perspective of U.S. engagement with international human rights treaty bodies, the quasi-adjudicatory expert committees or commissions that exercise supervisory jurisdiction over the U.S. human rights record. Contrary to popular perception that the U.S. thumbs its nose at these bodies, the U.S. in fact engages quite actively with their human rights procedures.
To untangle …