Extraterritorial Application of Selected Human Rights Treaties

Karen da Costa, Ph.D. (2011) in International Relations (specialization in International Law), Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies / University of Geneva, is Visiting Lecturer at the University of Roehampton. Her interests relate to contemporary international human rights law.

• INTRODUCTION1. ORIGINS OF THE CURRENT DEBATE2. OBJECT AND METHOD OF THE PRESENT INVESTIGATION3. ARE STATES BOUND BY HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES WHEN THEY OPERATE ABROAD?A. MAIN ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING THE TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIESB. MAIN ARGUMENTS SUPPORTING THE EXTRATERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIESCHAPTER 1: THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTSPRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF INTERNATIONAL TREATIES1. WORDING AND ORIGINS2. HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGSA. SPATIAL SCOPE OF THE COVENANT DURING THE INITIAL PHASE (1947-1948)B. RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE DRAFTING PHASE (1949-1954)C. RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE DELIBERATION PHASE (1954-1966)CONCLUSION: EXTRATERRITORIALITY IN THE PREPARATORY WORK OF THE ICCPR3. THE JURISDICTIONAL CLAUSE OF THE ICCPR INTERPRETED BY MONITORING BODIESPRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONSA. QUASI-JUDICIAL BODIES: THE POSITION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEEB. JUDICIAL BODIES: THE POSITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICEC. FURTHER INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS: UN SPECIAL PROCEDURESCONCLUSIONCHAPTER 2: THE SPATIAL REACH OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTSINTRODUCTION1. WORDING AND ORIGINS OF ARTICLE 1 ECHR2. EUROPEAN COMMISSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: ‘AUTHORITY AND CONTROL OVER PERSONS’A. CASES RELATED TO DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR AUTHORITIESB. CASES INVOLVING ARREST OR DETENTION OF PERSONS ABROADC. FURTHER EXERCISE OF PUBLIC POWERS ABROADD. CASES INVOLVING THE PRESENCE OF TROOPS ABROADCONCLUSION3. CASES BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTSA. CASES BEFORE BANKOVIĆB. THE BANKOVIĆ CASEC. FIRST CASES AFTER BANKOVIĆD. LATER CASES AFTER BANKOVIĆCHAPTER 3: THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE1. A DIFFERENT TREATY COVERING AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT2. EXTENT OF STATES PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONSA. STATES’ MAIN OBLIGATION UNDER THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTUREB. PREPARATORY WORK OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE3. DOUBTS RAISED ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL EXTENT OF APPLICATION OF THE CATA. THE POSITION OF THE UNITED KINGDOMB. THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATESC. THE POSITION OF THE COMMITTEE AS REFLECTED IN ITS FURTHER PRACTICECONCLUSIONFINAL CONCLUSIONBIBLIOGRAPHYTABLE OF CASESTABLE OF TREATIES, LEGISLATION, AND OTHER RELEVANT INSTRUMENTS