States, Human Rights, and Distant Strangers : : The Normative Justification of Extraterritorial Obligations in Human Rights Law.

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Human Rights Series
• Author: Müller, Angela.
• Place / Publishing House: Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2023.; {copy}2024.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies in Human Rights Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (373 pages)

This book combines legal and philosophical perspectives to address the question of whether states are bound by human rights when they act with effects on people abroad -- states' extraterritorial human rights obligations (EHRO).

Table of Contents

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Territorial Conditionality of Human Rights -- 1.1.1 The Territorial Paradigm Behind Human Rights Law -- 1.1.2 Contested Extraterritorial Applicability Today -- 1.1.3 The Contribution of Scholarship -- 1.2 The Need for a Justificatory Theory of Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 1.3 The Book's Approach -- 1.3.1 Structure and Method -- 1.3.2 The Book's Scope -- Notes -- Part I Legal Framework -- 2 Fundamental Rights Protection in Domestic Constitutions -- 2.1 The External Dimension of Domestic Constitutions -- 2.2 Illustrations of a Broad Approach: Switzerland and Germany -- 2.3 A Restrictive Approach: The Case of the United States -- 2.3.1 The Reach of US Constitutional Rights -- 2.3.2 Extraterritoriality and US Statutory Law -- 2.3.3 Conclusion: Extraterritorial Fundamental Rights Obligations in US Domestic Law -- Notes -- 3 Fundamental Rights Protection at the Supranational Level: The Case of the European Union -- 3.1 Sources of Fundamental Rights Protection in the EU -- 3.2 Extraterritorial Applicability of Fundamental Rights in EU Law -- 3.3 Conclusion: Extraterritorial Fundamental Rights Obligations in EU Law -- Notes -- 4 International Human Rights Law -- 4.1 Evolution and Structure of International Human Rights Law -- 4.2 The Role of State Sovereignty -- 4.3 Applicability Conditions and the Concept of Jurisdiction -- 4.3.1 The Wording of Human Rights Treaties -- 4.3.1.1 The Wording of the International Covenant On Civil and Political Rights -- 4.3.1.2 The Wording of the European Convention On Human Rights -- 4.3.1.3 The Wording of Further International Human Rights Treaties -- 4.3.2 Jurisdiction in General Public International Law.

4.3.3 Jurisdiction in International Human Rights Law -- 4.4 Territorial Applicability of International Human Rights Law -- 4.5 Extraterritorial Applicability of International Human Rights Law -- 4.5.1 European Convention On Human Rights -- 4.5.2 International Covenant On Civil and Political Rights -- 4.5.3 International Covenant On Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights -- 4.5.4 American Convention On Human Rights -- 4.5.5 Further International Human Rights Treaties -- 4.5.6 Customary International Law -- 4.6 Conclusion: Extraterritorial Obligations in International Human Rights Law -- Notes -- 5 Conclusion: The Legal Status of Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- Notes -- Part II Ethical Framework and Normative Justifiability -- 6 Setting the Scene -- 6.1 Intention, Structure, and Scope of the Analysis -- 6.2 The Philosophical Debate Behind -- 6.2.1 Human Rights and Global Justice -- 6.2.2 Statism -- 6.2.2.1 Statism Versus Cosmopolitanism -- 6.2.2.2 The Significance of the Political Community -- 6.2.2.3 The Significance of State Sovereignty -- 6.2.2.4 Six Statist Approaches -- Notes -- 7 Statist Objections to Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.1 International Relations Realism: The Nature of the International Sphere -- 7.1.1 The Realist Objection -- 7.1.1.1 International Relations Realism and Its Main Claims -- 7.1.1.2 A Realist Argument Against Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.1.1.3 Realism Applied: The Doctrines of Exceptionalism and Exemptionalism -- 7.1.2 Countering the Realist Objection -- 7.1.2.1 The Empirical Claim -- 7.1.2.2 The Pertinence of Morality -- 7.1.2.3 The Hypocrisy Critique -- 7.1.2.4 The Moral Realist Claim -- 7.2 Communitarianism: The Prior Status of Communities -- 7.2.1 The Communitarian Objection -- 7.2.1.1 The Idea of Moral Communitarianism -- 7.2.1.2 The National and the Political Community.

7.2.1.3 A Communitarian Argument Against Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.2.2 Countering the Communitarian Objection -- 7.2.2.1 The Challenge of Particularity in Moral Motivation -- 7.2.2.2 The Moral Status of the (Political) Community -- 7.3 Partiality, Patriotism, and Special Obligations -- 7.3.1 The Objection From Special Obligations -- 7.3.1.1 The Legitimacy of Partiality and the Idea of Special Obligations -- 7.3.1.2 Special Obligations to the Political Community -- 7.3.1.3 A Patriotist Argument Against Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.3.2 Countering the Special Obligations Objection -- 7.3.2.1 Is Versus Ought and the Pertinence of the Critique of Communitarianism -- 7.3.2.2 Constitutional Patriotism -- 7.3.2.3 The Moral Relevance of Special Obligations -- 7.3.2.4 Instrumental Reasons for Special Obligations -- 7.4 Neo-Republicanism: Sovereignty, Non-Domination, and Self-Determination -- 7.4.1 The Neo-Republican Objection -- 7.4.1.1 Individual Freedom Through Collective Self-Determination -- 7.4.1.2 A Neo-Republican Argument Against Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.4.2 Countering the Neo-Republican Objection -- 7.4.2.1 The Significance of Collective Self-Determination for Individual Freedom -- 7.4.2.2 The Substance of Self-Determination and Sovereignty -- 7.4.2.3 Popular Sovereignty and Universal Human Rights -- 7.5 Institutionalism: Justice Within Institutions -- 7.5.1 The Institutionalist Objection -- 7.5.1.1 Justice Obligations as Institutional Obligations -- 7.5.1.2 Thick Domestic Institutions Versus Thin International Institutions -- 7.5.1.3 An Institutionalist Argument Against Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.5.2 Excursus: The Social Contract Argument -- 7.5.3 Countering the Institutionalist Objection -- 7.5.3.1 The Institutionalist Conception of Duties of Justice.

7.5.3.2 The Distinction Between Domestic and International Institutions -- 7.6 Relativism: Ethnocentrism, Parochialism, and Human Rights Imperialism -- 7.6.1 The Relativist Objection -- 7.6.1.1 Cultural and Moral Relativism -- 7.6.1.2 Eurocentrism and Ethnocentrism -- 7.6.1.3 Parochialism, Imperialism, and Neo-Colonialism -- 7.6.1.4 A Relativist Argument Against Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 7.6.2 Countering the Relativist Objection -- 7.6.2.1 Empirical and Normative Universalism -- 7.6.2.2 The Universality of Human Rights -- 7.6.2.3 The Protective Potential of Universal Human Rights -- 7.7 Conclusion: Statist Objections to Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- Notes -- 8 A Justificatory Theory of Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 8.1 The Nature of Human Rights Obligations -- 8.2 The Nature of States as Human Rights Duty-Bearers -- 8.3 Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations and State Sovereignty -- Notes -- Part III From Normative Justification to Legal Implementation -- 9 Translating Ethical Principles to Legal Interpretation -- Notes -- 10 Interpreting the Concept of 'Jurisdiction' -- 10.1 The Inadequacy of Current Jurisprudential Models of 'Jurisdiction' -- 10.2 'Jurisdiction' Reconsidered -- 10.2.1 The Basic Idea Behind -- 10.2.2 'Jurisdiction' Versus 'State Responsibility' -- 10.2.3 A Convincing Approach to 'Jurisdiction' -- 10.2.4 Dividing and Tailoring -- 10.2.5 The Gap 'Jurisdiction' Leaves: Global Obligations to Promote Human Rights -- 10.3 The Practicability of Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- 10.3.1 The Contingency of the Critique -- 10.3.2 Ineffectiveness and Inefficiency -- 10.3.3 Unenforceability -- 10.3.4 Overburden -- 10.3.5 Non-Justiciability -- 10.4 The Possibility of Legally Implementing Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations -- Notes -- 11 Concluding Remarks -- 11.1 Summary.

11.2 Evaluation and Outlook -- Table of Materials -- Bibliography -- Biography -- Index.