Extraterritoriality and International Human Rights Law

Auteur

Takele Soboka Bulto is an Assistant Professor, at the School of Law, University of Canberra and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Justice, Australian National University.

Texte du rabat

This book explores the extraterritorial application of human rights in Africa. It examines the corpus and jurisprudence of the regional African human rights treaties in the light of international treaty and case laws in order to gauge the possibility of the treaties' extraterritorial scope.

Contenu

1. The Approach of a 'Foreign' Right-Holder 2. The Conceptual (In)congruence of Human Rights and States' Duties 3. Extraterritoriality in African Instruments 4. Extraterritoriality through Regional Jurisprudence 5. Extraterritoriality and the Role of the Cross-Reference Provisions 6. Extraterritoriality and Indivisible Justiciability 7. Problems of 'Jurisdiction' Clause in African Court Protocol 8. Extraterritoriality: The Dichotomy of Private-Public Duties 9. Conclusion