RUDN Journal of LawRUDN Journal of LawВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Юридические науки2313-23372408-9001Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)5541ArticlesСтатьиResearch ArticleChallenges facing the human rights treaty body systemВызовы, стоящие перед системой договорных органов по правам человекаKonevaA EКоневаАлександра ЕвгеньевнаThe Department of International LawКафедра международного праваaleksandra.koneva@gmail.comPeoples’ Friendship University of RussiaРоссийский университет дружбы народов150120141NO1 (2014)№1 (2014)24525507092016Copyright ©; 2016, Legal ScienceCopyright ©; 2016, Юридические науки2016Legal ScienceЮридические наукиhttps://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/5541The human rights treaty bodies - international organs controlling the implementation of core international human rights treaties by States and forming an interlinked system today - are being confronted by a number of compelling challenges that seriously undermine their effective functioning. The current treaty body strengthening process aims to enhance the work of the treaty body system in a way that these challenges are addressed in most efficiently. In these terms the legal assessment of the system’s problems is essential for finding mechanisms of their solution that would ultimately improve human rights protection at the national level.Договорные органы по правам человека - международные органы, осуществляющие контроль над выполнением государствами основных международных договоров по правам человека и формирующие взаимосвязанную систему - сегодня сталкиваются с рядом проблем, которые серьезным образом подрывают их эффективное функционирование. Текущий процесс укрепления договорных органов направлен на совершенствование деятельности системы путем поиска наиболее оптимальных решений для данных проблем. 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