Instructions

Here is the session flow and list of readings for this Thursday. Note that the readings are quite long.

1. I will begin with a short lecture on sources of law (relating to the Final Report reading we did not
tackle last week).

2. Read and be prepared to recite on the following:

Global mechanisms

a. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, The United Nations Human Rights
System: How to Make it Work for You

Regional mechanisms

b. UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, The Major Regional Human Rights
Instruments and the Mechanisms for Their Implementation in A Manual on Human Rights for Judges,
Prosecutors and Lawyers (2003)

c. Christof Heyns, David Padilla and Leo Zwaak, A Schematic Comparison of Regional Human
Rights Systems: An Update, International Journal of Human Rights

Domestic mechanisms
d. Principles relating to the Status of National Human Rights Institutions (The Paris Principles)

e. Carole J. Petersen, Bridging the Gap: The Role of Regional and National Human Rights
Institutions in the Asia Pacific

See you on Thursday!

PCP