ABSTRACT
This chapter will start from a position of recognition of the UN international human rights framework as a tool for guaranteeing basic human rights and freedoms. Key treaty provisions and guidelines will be discussed though the chapter will first review the UN system, identifying which entities have greatest responsibility for monitoring human rights compliance and evaluating the documentation that emerges therefrom. This documentation will then be analysed to identify key issues of concern/interest and emergent trends. The conclusions will simply summarize the findings, indicating the key issues and trends, most of which are elaborated on in detail in discrete chapters of this book.
