Treaty flexibility unilaterally boosted: Reservations to European Social Charters

IF 1.7 2区 社会学 Q1 LAW
Wojciech Burek
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Thus far, research into reservations to treaties has often overlooked reservations formulated to both European Social Charters (and its Protocols) and the relevant European Committee of Social Rights practices. There are several pressing reasons to further explore this gap in existing literature. First, an analysis of practices within the European Social Charters (and Protocols) will provide a fuller picture of the reservations and responses of treaty bodies. Second, in the context of previous landmark events it is worth noting the practices of another human rights treaty monitoring body that is often omitted from analyses. Third, the very fact that the formulation of reservations to treaties gives parties such far-reaching flexibility to shape their contractual obligations (à la carte) is surprising. An important outcome of the research is the finding that, despite the far-reaching flexibility present in the treaties analysed, both the States Parties and the European Committee of Social Rights generally treat them as conventional treaties to which the general rules on reservations apply. Consequently, there is no basis for assuming that the mere fact of adopting the à la carte system in a treaty with no reservation clause implies a formal prohibition of reservations or otherwise discourages their formulation.
条约灵活性单方面提高:对欧洲社会宪章的保留意见
迄今为止,对条约保留意见的研究往往忽略了对《欧洲社会宪章》(及其议定书)和欧洲社会权利委员会有关做法的保留意见。有几个紧迫的原因需要进一步探索现有文献中的这一空白。首先,对《欧洲社会宪章》(和《议定书》)范围内的做法进行分析,将更全面地了解条约机构的保留意见和反应。第二,在以前具有里程碑意义的事件的背景下,值得注意的是另一个人权条约监测机构的做法,这些做法往往在分析中被忽略。第三,对条约提出保留意见使缔约方在塑造其合同义务方面具有如此深远的灵活性,这一事实本身就令人惊讶。这项研究的一项重要结果是,尽管所分析的条约具有深远的灵活性,但缔约国和欧洲社会权利委员会一般都将它们视为适用保留的一般规则的常规条约。因此,没有理由认为,在无保留条款的条约中采用“单点付款”制度这一事实就意味着正式禁止保留或以其他方式阻碍保留的提出。
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期刊介绍: Human rights are universal and indivisible. Their fundamental importance makes it essential for anyone with an interest in the field to keep abreast of the latest developments. The Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights (NQHR) is an academic peer-reviewed journal that publishes the latest evolutions in the promotion and protection of human rights from around the world. The NQHR includes multidisciplinary articles addressing human rights issues from an international perspective. In addition, the Quarterly also publishes recent speeches and lectures delivered on the topic of human rights, as well as a section on new books and articles in the field of human rights. The Quarterly employs a double-blind peer review process, and the international editorial board of leading human rights scholars guarantees the maintenance of the highest standard of articles published.
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