ECH 1100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Mexico City Policy, Land Reform In Zimbabwe, European Court Of Human Rights

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 1100
• Professor: Jean- Francois Ratelle

Document Summary

Positive and negative obligations for responsibility: negative duty to not harm others, universal, lopez burgos v urugay. Dirty wars in southern cone countries in late 1970. Claimed uruguayan agents kidnapped husband and had him secretly detained in argentina. International convenant on civil and political rights doent apply to actions taken by a state outside terrirorial jurisdiction. Husband not in uruguays territory and not within purview of political covenant. This language imposes mandate on state parties to uphold provicions of covenant within its territory but doesn"t say anything that would permit states to perpetrate violations in territory of another state: states have different human rights obligations. 3 judicial rulings: expansive reading of state responsibility, offers decidedly narrow version of state responsibility, example where group of european states is responsible for violating human rights. Soering v uk: landmark holding of european court of hr, german national accused of committing double murder in us state of virginia and fled to.