Explores how expert bodies and non-state empowered professionals come together to shape human rights law.

In the last six decades, one of the most striking developments in international law is the emergence of a massive body of legal norms and procedures aimed at pr

In recent years, there has been an explosion of writing on the topic of human dignity across a plethora of different academic disciplines. Despite this explosio

Beth Simmons demonstrates through a combination of statistical analysis and case studies that the ratification of treaties generally leads to better human right