Comparison of the Control Mechanisms of the International Protection of Human Rights This Diploma Thesis deals with the Control Mechanisms in the field of International Protection of Human Rights. In this Diploma Thesis are introduced universal and regional control mechanisms and they are analysed with respect to their functioning. The aim of this Thesis is the comparison of the control mechanisms in the several aspects, especially in the terms of their efficiency, and their evaluation based on the undertaken comparison. Another purpose is to answer the question whether or not we have in the contemporary International Law functional control mechanisms of the protection of human rights and which of them can be seen as the most effective. The comparison in this Thesis emphasis on the possibility of the individual complaints. The comparison includes the formal aspects of monitoring bodies, their regulation in the relevant treaties and analysis of their functions and their efficiency. In Thesis are included and evaluated also available statistical data concerning e.g. the number of ratifications or the number of individual complaints which were lodged before the monitoring body. With respect to the topic, the Thesis is divided into the three chapters. The first chapter deals with the brief introduction...