Despite its problems, the use of closed material is better than all alternatives and ensures substantive human rights standards are properly protected, even if procedural rights need to be somewhat curtailed. Critically discuss this statement.

The word limit for the essay is 3,000 words (10% over is permitted, so effectively the upper limit is 3,300). Footnotes and bibliographies do not count towards the word limit. Please include a bibliography. I have included a reading list, please use 10-15 of the articles. These are the articles were requested to read as they are relevant to the topic.
I am in my final year, the work must reflect this and has to be written to a high standard. Level 6.