TY - BOOK AU - Casalin,Deborah AU - Dembour,Marie-Bénédicte AU - Klocker,Cornelia Angela TI - Questions of evidence in the un human rights treaty bodies' individual communications procedure T2 - Studies on international courts and tribunals SN - 9781009639231 (ebook) AV - K2263 .Q84 2026 U1 - 347.06 23 PY - 2026/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom, New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - United Nations Human Rights Council KW - Burden of proof KW - International law and human rights KW - Human rights KW - International courts KW - Treaties N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Apr 2026); Deborah Casalin, Marie-Bénédicte Dembour and Cornelia Klocker / Introduction : Studying Evidence in the UNTB Communications Procedure Why this Book, What it Offers -- Marie-Bénédicte Dembour and Hanaa Hakiki / Evidencing Pushbacks? Why Fair, Clear and Consistently-Applied Burdens and Standards of Proof are Essential to Human Rights Adjudication -- Lisa Reinsberg / UN Treaty Bodies 'Sufficiently Substantiated' Admissibility Requirement : Endorsement or Distortion of the Prima Facie Threshold? -- Cornelia Klocker / Forty Years and Counting : CERDs Ongoing Search for a Clear Evidentiary Path -- Matthew Gillett, Yutaka Karukaya and Mia Marzotto / The Working Group on Arbitrary Detentions Treatment of Evidence : A Three-Phase History of Increasing Sophistication -- Kasey McCall-Smith / Reversing the Burden of Proof in Response to State Non-Participation : Recent Evolutions in the Human Rights Committees Examination of Individual Torture Claims -- Meghan Campbell / Its All Been Done? Individual Communications, the Exhaustion Rule and a New Methodology Expanding and Evidencing Domestic Barriers to Justice -- Christopher Roberts / Not Just Single Events : Calling on UN Treaty Bodies to Expose Patterns or Practices of Violations -- Elena Ghidoni / The Polluting Effect of Stereotypes on Evidence : CEDAWs Efforts to Address Gender-Based Discriminatory Narratives -- Miia Halme-Tuomisaari and Reetta Toivanen / The Dangers of Distant Evidence : the UN Human Rights Committees Individual Communications, 512 000 Potential New Sámi Voters and Other 'Objective' Facts -- Lisa Reinsberg, Hanaa Hakiki and Vincent Ploton / Practical Recommendations for Greater Fairness, Accessibility, and Transparency in the UN Treaty Bodies Evidentiary Standards; Open Access N2 - Eight United Nations human rights treaty bodies (UNTBs) can currently examine 'communications' (complaints) from individuals against states. This edited collection is the first in-depth analysis of the evidentiary regimes developed within this procedure. Nine case studies underscore the weak evidentiary basis of the UNTB decisions and the importance of addressing this issue, while the final chapter offers a set of practical recommendations. Grounded in academic research and legal practice, the volume incorporates doctrinal, critical, socio-legal, and anthropological perspectives. It provides an authoritative reference on UNTBs, whilst aiming at contributing to the strengthening of their evidentiary norms and practices. The title is also available open access on Cambridge Core UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009639231 ER -