A Framework of Norms: International Human-Rights Law and Sovereignty

Authors

Douglass Cassel, Notre Dame Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2001

Publication Information

22 Harv. Int'l R. 60 (2001)

Abstract

The international legal boundary between states; rights and human rights is not fixed. Long ago, the Permanent Court of International Justice - the judicial arm of the League of Nations and the precursor to the present International Court of Justice - recognized that "the question whether a certain matter is or is not solely within the jurisdiction of a State is an essentially relative question; it depends on the development of international relations." In recent decades international relations concerning both sovereignty and rights have developed quickly. An examination of those rights and the evolving realities of sovereignty are examined.

Comments

Reprinted with permission of Harvard International Review.

Recommended Citation

Douglass Cassel, A Framework of Norms: International Human-Rights Law and Sovereignty, 22 Harv. Int'l R. 60 (2001).
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