The Security Council / Frédéric Mégret -- The General Assembly / Andrew Clapham -- The Economic and Social Council / Frédéric Mégret -- The International Court of Justice / Bruno Simma -- The Human Rights Council / Rosa Freedman -- A critical appraisal of the Human Rights Council advisory committee / Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Andrzej Gadkowski -- The commission on the status of women / Zehra F Kabasakal Arat -- The permanent forum on indigenous issues / Madeleine Heyward -- The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) / Patrick Thornberry -- The Human Rights Committee / Ludovic Hennebel -- The committee on the elimination of discrimination against women / Andrew Byrnes -- The committee on economic, social and cultural rights / Philip Alston -- The committee against torture and the subcommittee for the prevention of torture / Andrew Byrnes -- The committee on the rights of the child / Christine Evans -- The committee on the rights of persons with disabilities / Janet E Lord and Michael Ashley Stein -- The committee on enforced disappearances / Olivier de Frouville -- The committee on the protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families / Vincent Chetail -- Reform of the UN human rights treaty body system / Suzanne Egan -- The high commissioner for human rights / Andrew Clapham -- Human rights co-ordination within the UN system / Georges Minet