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Human rights are universal rights. When a state limits its human rights obligations as being applicable only within its own borders, this can lead to gaps in the protection of human rights in international political processes. Extraterritorial Obligations (ETOs) are a missing link in the universal human rights protection system. [2]
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"Clarifying the Extraterritorial Application of the European Convention on Human Rights (Al-Skeini v the United Kingdom)". Merkourios. 28 (74): 57– 60. doi: 10.5334/ujiel.ba. Stigall, Dan E. (3 February 2013). "Ungoverned Spaces, Transnational Crime, and the Prohibition on Extraterritorial Enforcement Jurisdiction in International Law".
"The extraterritorial application of Hong Kong's national security laws is fully consistent with international law and practice," ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said told reporters at a Friday ...
In the case of Hirsi Jamaa and Others v. Italy (application no. 27765/09), [1] before the European Court of Human Rights, the Grand Chamber of the Court found in February 2012 that by returning migrants to Libya, without examining their case, the state of Italy exposed the migrants to the risk of ill-treatment and amounted to a collective expulsion.
In its broad application, the term refers to criminal acts that were committed outside the sovereign territory of a prosecuting state. Cedric Ryngaert , Professor of Public International Law and Head of the Department of International and European Law at Utrecht University , noted that a state asserting jurisdiction over crimes committed in ...
Article I: The U.S. relinquished all rights to extraterritoriality in China, including such rights previously established under the Treaty of Wanghia and the Treaty of Tientsin. As a result, the United States Court for China and the U.S. Consular Courts in China, which exercised extraterritorial jurisdiction in China, were abolished.
The Business and Human Rights Resource Centre cites Kiobel as a turning point in the use of the Alien Tort Statue as a means for redress for human rights violations at the hands of corporations, and part of a wider trend globally in which avenues for extraterritorial claims are closing. [28]