The applicability of the ECHR in contested territories

Milanovic, Marko; Papić, Tatjana

Abstract

This article examines the applicability of the European Convention for Human Rights (ECHR) when a State loses control over parts of its territory. It argues that the jurisprudence of the European Court for Human Rights, which insists on residual positive obligations based in sovereign title over territory, is problematic and needs to be rethought. The Court’s current approach is not only likely to provoke backlash, since it requires it to decide politically explosive questions of sovereign title, but does so for very little practical benefit for the protection of human rights. The article therefore explores more preferable alternatives.

Citation

Milanovic, M., & Papić, T. (2018). The applicability of the ECHR in contested territories. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 67(4), 779-800. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589318000234

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 3, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Aug 16, 2018
• Publication Date: Oct 31, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jul 12, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 16, 2018
• Journal: International and Comparative Law Quarterly
• Print ISSN: 0020-5893
• Electronic ISSN: 1471-6895
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 67
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 779-800
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589318000234
• Keywords: Jurisdiction; Responsibility; ECHR; European Court of Human Rights; Sovereignty; Positive obligations; Kosovo; Georgia; Ukraine; Russia; Crimea
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/944546
• Publisher URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-and-comparative-law-quarterly/article/applicability-of-the-echr-in-contested-territories/D7C0FF96AEFB19FB6D3D6D9F410608CA
• Related Public URLs: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-and-comparative-law-quarterly
• Additional Information: © Cambridge University Press 2018