ABSTRACT
The extraterritorial applicability of human rights law at the international level is analyzed in depth by alluding to the evolution and structure of international human rights law, the territorial paradigm behind its applicability, the concept of jurisdiction as its applicability criterion, the wording of human rights treaties, and by finally presenting and discussing the body of case law on the extraterritorial applicability of this set of norms. As to legal sources, while it focuses on treaties and specifically on the European Convention on Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, it also includes chapters on the wording of and case law on other key treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the American Convention on Human Rights, or further treaties, such as the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights or other UN Conventions. In addition, it devotes a short section to the standing of extraterritorial human rights obligations in customary international law along with empirical evidence on states’ opposition to them.
