Human Rights UnboundPub Date : 2020-06-11DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0002
Lea Raible
{"title":"Extraterritoriality as a Matter of Interpretation","authors":"Lea Raible","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0002","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter considers the standard view that extraterritoriality is a matter of treaty interpretation and that, following on from this, all that is required to discover the extraterritorial scope of human rights treaties is following the rules of interpretation set out in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. I argue that the extraterritorial scope of a treaty is a matter of treaty interpretation, but that it is not sufficient to follow rules in order to give meaning to international legal instruments. What determines the outcome of an interpretation is, in addition to these rules, a question of values. That is, what lies at the heart of interpretation is the determination of the values and principles that underlie a human rights treaty.","PeriodicalId":103082,"journal":{"name":"Human Rights Unbound","volume":"217 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115598568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human Rights UnboundPub Date : 2020-06-11DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0009
Lea Raible
{"title":"Conclusion","authors":"Lea Raible","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0009","url":null,"abstract":"The conclusion revisits the central tenets and strands of the argument: how to understand interpretation, why jurisdiction is necessary, and how to account for it in international human rights law, how to relate it to territory, and how to apply jurisdiction as political power to a wide range of cases. It futher connects the theory of extraterritoriality developed in the previous chapters to wider considerations and takes stock of which questions have been answered and which questions remain. Finally, we consider why a narrow view of human rights might be our best option if we want to advance claims of global justice.","PeriodicalId":103082,"journal":{"name":"Human Rights Unbound","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115073969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human Rights UnboundPub Date : 2020-06-11DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0007
Lea Raible
{"title":"Title to Territory and JurisdictionThree and a Half Models","authors":"Lea Raible","doi":"10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198863373.003.0007","url":null,"abstract":"The very term ‘extraterritoriality’ implies that territory is significant. So far, however, my argument focuses on jurisdiction rather than territory. This chapter adds clarifications in this area. It examines the relationship of jurisdiction in international human rights law, whether understood as political power or not, and title to territory in international law. To this end, I start by looking at what international law has to say about jurisdiction as understood in international human rights law, and territory, respectively. The conclusion of the survey is that the two concepts serve different normative purposes, are underpinned by different values, and that they are thus not the same. Accordingly, an account of their relationship should be approached with conceptual care.","PeriodicalId":103082,"journal":{"name":"Human Rights Unbound","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115879333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}