Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: Law, Principles, and Policy

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Marko Milanovic (Lecturer, University of Nottingham School of Law)

Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties

Law, Principles, and Policy

Marko Milanovic (Lecturer, University of Nottingham School of Law)

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Oxford University Press
28 March 2013

Armed conflict; Treaties & other sources of international law; International human rights law; Settlement of international disputes

Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law

Questions as to when a state owes obligations under a human rights treaty towards an individual located outside its territory are being brought more and more frequently before both international and domestic courts. Victims of aerial bombardment, inhabitants of territories under military occupation, deposed dictators, suspected terrorists detained in Guantanamo by the United States, and the family of a former KGB spy who was assassinated in London through the use of a radioactive toxin, allegedly at the orders or with the collusion of the Russian government - all of these people have claimed protection from human rights law against a state affecting their lives while acting outside its territory. These matters are extremely politically and legally sensitive, leading to much confusion, ambiguity, and compromise in the existing case law. This study attempts to clear up some of this confusion, and expose its real roots. It examines the notion of state jurisdiction in human rights treaties, and places it within the framework of international law. It is not limited to an inquiry into the semantic, ordinary meaning of the jurisdiction clauses in human rights treaties, nor even to their construction into workable legal concepts and rules. Rather, the interpretation of these treaties cannot be complete without examining their object and purpose, and the various policy considerations which influence states in their behaviour, and courts in their decision-making. The book thus exposes the tension between universality and effectiveness, which is itself the cause of methodological and conceptual inconsistency in the case law. Finally, the work elaborates on the several possible models of the treaties' extraterritorial application. It offers not only a critical analysis of the existing case law, but explains the various options that are before courts and states in addressing these issues, as well as their policy implications.

By: Marko Milanovic (Lecturer University of Nottingham School of Law)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 46g
ISBN: 9780199682256
ISBN 10: 0199682259
Series: Oxford Monographs in International Law
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 28 March 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction 2: From Compromise to Principle 3: Policy Behind the Rule 4: Models of Extraterritorial Application 5: Norm Conflicts, International Humanitarian Law, and Human Rights Law 6: General Conclusion

Marko Milanovic is a lecturer in law at the University of Nottingham School of Law. He obtained his first degree in law from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, his LL.M from the University of Michigan Law School, and his PhD in international law from the University of Cambridge. He is a member of the Executive Board of the European Society of International Law, an Associate of the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights, and co-editor of EJIL: Talk!, the blog of the European Journal of International Law. He was Law Clerk to Judge Thomas Buergenthal of the International Court of Justice in 2006/2007. He has published in leading academic journals, including the European Journal of International Law and the American Journal of International Law; his work has been cited by the UK Supreme Court and by the International Law Commission. He was counsel or advisor in cases before the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Constitutional Court of Serbia.

Reviews for Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: Law, Principles, and Policy

`[This] book is an excellent and original contribution to the topic of the extraterritorial application of human rights treaties.' Callista Harris, British Yearbook of International Law `...well-argued, well-researched and well-written. I give the book my warm and sincere recommendations.' Kjetil Mujezinovic Larsen (The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, the University of Oslo) The Edinburgh Law Review Vol. 16 Issue 3