ABSTRACT
On 19 November 2009, a group of 35 serving or former members of United Nations (UN) human rights treaty monitoring bodies issued the ‘Dublin Statement on the Strengthening of the UN Human Rights Treaty Body System’.1 The Dublin Statement process was chaired by the current author, and Sir Nigel Rodley was a participant and signatory. Sir Nigel played a significant role in the development and negotiation of the text. In this chapter, the Dublin Statement is put in context and its principal elements are considered. Needless to say, the comments are the author’s own and do not purport to represent the views of Sir Nigel or of any other of the signatories.
