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Evidence between expertise and expedience: Reflections on the symposium ‘Evidentiary regimes of UN Treaty Bodies: Perspectives from research and practice’ (Ghent, 15-16 May 2023)

By: Ergün Cakal* DISSECT hosted a two-day symposium on ‘Evidentiary regimes of UN Treaty Bodies’ (UNTBs) between 15-16 May 2023, at Ghent University. It brought together 20 participants who each presented and discussed a paper on research or practice around the use of evidence in different treaty bodies, upon the backdrop of the potentials andContinue reading “Evidence between expertise and expedience: Reflections on the symposium ‘Evidentiary regimes of UN Treaty Bodies: Perspectives from research and practice’ (Ghent, 15-16 May 2023)”

First Thoughts on ‘Truth’ in Human Rights Adjudication

By: Marie-Bénédicte Dembour, Ruwadzano Makumbe and Genaro Manrique For 18 months now, the DISSECT research project has started to explore evidence in international human rights adjudication. Focusing on the interplay between truth, power and evidence, one of its core questions is how the judicial process tries to eliminate but keeps having to deal with factualContinue reading “First Thoughts on ‘Truth’ in Human Rights Adjudication”