%0 Journal Article %T The Teleological Approach in the General Comments of the ‎Human Rights Committee %J Public Law Studies Quarterly %I University of Tehran %Z 2423-8120 %A Seyrafi, Sassan %A Sayyad Abdi, Hossein %D 2023 %\ 03/21/2023 %V 53 %N 1 %P 67-96 %! The Teleological Approach in the General Comments of the ‎Human Rights Committee %K general comments %K Human ‎Rights Committee %K ‎interpretive method %K the ‎International Covenant on ‎Civil and Political Rights %K ‎teleological interpretation %K ‎treaty %K Vienna Convention ‎on the Law of Treaties.‎ %R 10.22059/jplsq.2022.349228.3190 %X As the monitoring body of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Human Rights Committee (HRC) has always enjoyed a prominent position among treaty bodies which monitor the implementation of human rights treaties by states parties. One the functions performed by the HRC is the issuing of so-called General Comments on the ICCPR. A General Comment is a document whereby the HRC provides its interpretative commentary on one of the rights recognized by the ICCPR or other topics related thereto. As such, the General Comments are considered as a prime examples of treaty interpretation. The question to be answered in this respect is, given the various methods of interpretation, which Interpretive method or methods is used by the HRC in its General Comments? To answer this question, the present paper adopts an inductive approach so as to use statistical data about the subject. The results indicate that the teleological method is pervasive in the General Comments of the HRC.  %U https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_90826_41be5e1b3fdf8295e630dc7b0cee2115.pdf