This collection of essays examines the problem of securing access to justice in the enforcement of international human rights law. The perspectives included here include access to environmental justice, access to justice for torture victims, and access to justice before international judicial bodies.

Francesco Francioni is Professor of International Law and Human Rights at the European University Institute, Florence

• 1: Francesco Francioni: The Rights of Access to Justice under Customary International Law


• 2: Fionnuala Ní Aoláin: The Individual Right of Access to Justice in Times of Crisis: Emergencies, Armed Conflict, and Terrorism


• 3: Natalino Ronzitti: Access to Justice and Compensation for Violations of the Law of War


• 4: Martin Scheinin: Access to Justice before International Human Rights Bodies: Reflections on the Practice of the UN Human Rights Committee and the European Court of Human Rights


• 5: Catherine Redgwell: Access to Environmental Justice


• 6: Eva Storskrubb and Jacques Ziller: Access to Justice in European Comparative Law


• 7: Rory Stephen Brown: Access to Justice for Victims of Torture