Preface by Thomas Hammarberg Introduction: The Role of European Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms, Gauthier de Beco 1. The Commissioner for Human Rights, Lauri Sivonen 2. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (The CPT), Renate Kicker 3. The European Committee of Social Rights (The ECSR), Olivier De Schutter and Matthias Sant'Ana 4. The Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (The ACFC), Gauthier de Beco and Emma Lantschner 5. The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), Lanna Yael Hollo 6. the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (The CECL), Robert Dunbar Conclusion: A Comparative Analysis of European Human Rights Monitoring Mechanisms, Gauthier de Beco