Beschreibung:
Focusing on treaties jeopardized during the 'war on terror', The Extraterritorial Application of Selected Human Rights Treaties investigates whether and to what extent human rights treaties apply to states acting abroad. It proposes a way to accommodate conflicting interests, while preserving the effective protection of basic rights.
Intro -- The Extraterritorial Application of Selected Human Rights Treaties -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Origins of the Current Debate -- 2. Object and Method of the Present Investigation -- 3. Are States Bound By Human Rights Treaties When They Operate Abroad? -- A. Main Arguments Supporting the Territorial Application of Human Rights Treaties -- B. Main Arguments Supporting the Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties -- Chapter 1: The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights -- Preliminary Considerations on the Interpretation of International Treaties -- 1. Wording and Origins -- 2. History of the Proceedings -- A. Spatial Scope of the Covenant During the Initial Phase (1947-1948) -- B. Relevant Developments During the Drafting Phase (1949-1954) -- 1. A Key Provision -- 2. Drafters' Main Focus of Concern: Guaranteeing Rights to Nationals and Aliens in a State Party's Territory -- 3. US Amendments to the Jurisdictional Clause -- a. Analysis of the US Proposal to Include Reference to 'Territory' in the Jurisdictional Clause -- 4. French Text: 'Compétence' Instead of 'Juridiction' -- 5. The 194th Meeting of the Commission on Human Rights (1950) -- a. Protection of Nationals/Aliens Within/Outside a State Party's Territory -- b. Military Occupation as an Exceptional Situation -- c. Reference to the Reach of Penal Law -- d. Nature of Rights and Possibility of Ensuring them Abroad -- e. Different Phrasings Suggested for Article 2(1) -- 6. The Failed French Attempt to Delete Reference to 'Territory' -- C. Relevant Developments During the Deliberation Phase (1954-1966) -- Conclusion: Extraterritoriality in the Preparatory Work of the ICCPR -- 3. The Jurisdictional Clause of the ICCPR Interpreted by Monitoring Bodies -- Preliminary Considerations.