Cassidy, Julie2017-04-242008-12University of Notre Dame Australia Law Review, December 2008, 10, 37 - 591441-9769https://hdl.handle.net/2292/32653The admission of international human rights is illusory unless they can be enforced. The enforcement of international human rights law has always been seen as the weak link in the international legal system. This article considers the enforceability of international law in such international forums. It will be seen that, inter alia, jurisdictional limitations reflect the traditional view that international law is concerned with Nation-States, not individuals. Ultimately the ineffectiveness of international forums to act as a watchdog for the enforcement of international human rights heightens the importance of domestic forums for the protection of human rights.Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htmJournal Articlehttp://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess