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Comparative Introductory Comments on the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties
No full textImpact on State Succession in Respect of Treaties
Get PDFThis chapter examines practice under the european convention on human rights and under the international covenant on civil and political rights. It shows that practice under the european convention on human rights with regard to the former czechoslovakia provides ample support for the doctrine of automatic state succession in respect of human rights treaties. It also shows that the supervisory body of the international covenant on civil and political rights has devoted most attention to the questions of principle raised by a succession of states
The Impact of Human Rights Law on General International Law
No full textTraditional international law aims to protect the values and interests of states. The rapidly increasing corpus of international human rights law (including international humanitarian law and international criminal law) increasingly challenges the basic tenets of general international law. In order to become accepted as the law of the world community, general international law needs to reflect better the values and interests of a wider range of actors, including the individual. This book examines the impact of international human rights law on general international law. It considers areas including the structure of international obligations, the formation of customary international law, treaty law, immunities, state responsibility, and diplomatic protection. The book traces the extent to which concepts emanating from international human rights law are being incorporated by the guardians of traditional international law: the international court of justice and the international law commission
The Impact of Human Rights Law on General International Law
No full textTraditional international law aims to protect the values and interests of states. The rapidly increasing corpus of international human rights law (including international humanitarian law and international criminal law) increasingly challenges the basic tenets of general international law. In order to become accepted as the law of the world community, general international law needs to reflect better the values and interests of a wider range of actors, including the individual. This book examines the impact of international human rights law on general international law. It considers areas including the structure of international obligations, the formation of customary international law, treaty law, immunities, state responsibility, and diplomatic protection. The book traces the extent to which concepts emanating from international human rights law are being incorporated by the guardians of traditional international law: the international court of justice and the international law commission
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