International Human Rights Law and the Determination of Cultural Identity (L’Identité Culturelle À L’Épreuve du Droit International des Droits de L’Homme) (French)

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ringelheim
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human ◽  
Droit International

The Missing Elephant in the Room—the Jurisdiction of International Human Rights Tribunals over International Humanitarian Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-408
Author(s):  
Ka Lok Yip
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract Treaty-based tribunals that render binding decisions on states under international human rights law (IHRL) have long engaged with international humanitarian law (IHL) in their judgements but little attention has been given to the basis of their jurisdiction, if any, to do so. By revisiting fundamental questions on the jurisdictional basis of international tribunals, this article presents a methodological challenge to the uncritical engagement with IHL by certain IHRL tribunals. After surveying the jurisdiction of different IHRL tribunals explicitly founded on treaties, the article seeks not only to justify, but also delimit, the inherent jurisdiction of IHRL tribunals to consider IHL for interpretive purpose, in contrast to directly applying it to the dispute. Finally, the article analyses the substantive and practical implications of stricter observance of the jurisdictional limits of IHRL tribunals on the interpretation of IHRL, the determination of ‘absent’ states’ legal interest under IHL and the future of IHL dispute settlement.

Human Rights Treaties, Invalid Reservations, and State Consent

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Legal Remedy ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
State Consent ◽  
International Human ◽  
Multilateral Treaties

A continuing debate in international human rights law concerns the result of invalid reservations to multilateral treaties. The cardinal rule holds that a reservation cannot be incompatible with the object and purpose of a treaty. Yet a normative puzzle remains: what legal remedy should follow the determination of the invalidity of a reservation? Leading commentators have discussed a limited set of options. Three choices can be identified:

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