The Impact of UN Committees on the Case Law of Czech Constitutional Court: Reality v Potential

Abstract

The chapter deals with the influence of the activities of the UN treaty committees in the field of human rights on the case law of the Czech Constitutional Court. The author uses both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the case law of the Czech Constitutional Court and maps the occurrence and use of documents of UN treaty committees in the argumentation of the Constitutional Court.

Then the author identifies gaps and possible other ways of using these documents in the decision-making practice of the Constitutional Court.

Keywords

• Constituional Court
• soft law
• UN treaty committees
• international law
• constitutional law