Domestic human rights laws are the more important form for the protection of human rights. In comparison International laws on human rights are not able to play a vital role where the domestic laws and bodies are sound.
After the founding of the United Nations (UN), the International Court of Justice began working in 1946 and human rights were officially acknowledged and lawful jurisdiction was provided for their protection. The UN also formed a Human Rights Committee for this specific purpose. Various different organizations began working to safeguard human rights. Some renowned organizations are Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Children's Rights Alliance and International Order of Human Rights IOHR. These have monitored and reported human rights violations worldwide.Eventhough they and a number of organizations are keeping a survellance to check for such type of violations but are they capable of curbing such inhuman acts as their reports have no legal standing and cannot force compliance.
The International Court of Justice being a legal body of the United Nations, processes disputes of member states if requested by them and gives advice on legal matters to international organizations. Out of all the cases processed by the International Court of Justice only a few have been decisive. Given the ratio of the decisions reached by this court, the question arises that is it successful in solving problems of states let alone human rights throughout the world.
By assessing their success rate one wonders that if these Internationally acknowledged bodies are indispensable or not. They have come under criticism worldwide and the validity of such organizations has been questioned so what is it that is to be expected from lesser organizations having little say in international affairs. The member states of the UN have signed many treaties related to human rights but most of them fail to comply by the rules of these