ECH 2330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: International Human Rights Law, United Nations General Assembly, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Conflict Studies and Human Rights
• Course: ECH 2330
• Professor: David Petrasek

Document Summary

International human rights law is a component of a broader body of law known as public international law. It is a set of rules regulating inter-state behaviour, rules regulating states relations with intergovernmental organizations, and rules regulating non-state actors. Key features of the international legal system: state sovereignty (exclusive jurisdiction over territory and nationals, sovereign equality (states are equal in law one vote each in un general. Assembly: horizontal legal order (usually no higher authority to appeal to for final ruling - as in vertical, domestic legal order) Who does public international law (pil) apply to: states. Sets rules for negotiating, applying, interpreting inter-state agreements (treaties) Governs inter-state dispute resolution: intergovernmental organizations (igos) Huge growth in intergovernmental organizations since founding of un in. 1945: some with universal membership (un, wto, some with regional membership (european union, organization of. American states, arctic council: some with member criteria based on language or common heritage (commonwealth, organization of the islamic conference)