Book Reviews O'Flaherty, Michael. Human Rights and the UN Practice Before the Treaty Bodies. London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1996. Pp. xiv, 286. There are six UN human rights `treaty bodies', monitoring governmental compliance in relation to (1) civil and political rights, (2) economic, social and cultural rights, (3) racial discrimination, (4) discrimination against women, (5) torture, and (6) children. The diversity of their procedures makes their work less transparent than it should be, especially since they depend heavily on NGO inputs to ensure the insightfulness of their conclusions. This book is, in essence, a guide for NGO representatives and will be invaluable for their purposes, both in relation to reporting and complaints procedures. No other work serves the same function. It will be of limited use, however, for scholars. P.A.
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