Interpretation
It is helpful / necessary to see what guides the committee uses to interpret the provisions and decide cases if there is not absolute certainly of a breach. The preamble to the treaty is useful in ascertaining the purpose of the law and therefore a guide to how it might be interpreted. Otherwise, case law and the work of committees are useful as well, but though the Charter also provides for the election of a seven-person Committee of Experts on Human Rights to consider States' reports, no such committee has yet been formed.
