This section allows you to access several publications on extraterritorial obligations.
At this stage, you will be able to see publications by the ETO Consortium as well as compilations edited by academics (most of whom are members of the ETO Consortium).
Note! We will shortly have larger databases available: a collection of articles and books by academics. And at later stage two databases bringing together ETO-related publications by civil-society organizations and UN pronouncements on ETOs.
Beneath, you can access key publications: those by the ETO Consortium, all open access articles of the Routledge Handbook on Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations, as well as some other useful articles.
ETOs and biodiversity. A right to food perspective on the intersection of human rights and environmental law
Biodiversity and human rights are closely interrelated, both in positive terms – biodiversity allows the enjoyment of several human rights – as well as in negative terms – destruction of biodiversity often entails human rights impairments. ETOs come into play as many of the components of biodiversity, the threats to biodiversity and the benefits it […]
Cross-border pollution
While the Maastricht Principles constitute a good basis for extraterritorial obligations regarding human rights violations arising from cross-border pollution, prescribing more punctual threshold criteria could have better reflected positive international law. The Maastricht Principles incorporate a detailed guidance as to the content of the States’ obligations to protect against human rights violations by third parties […]
Climate justice and the ETOs
This chapter will explore whether the Maastricht Principles have contributed to the clarification of ETOs for human rights in relation to climate justice. I will first consider some conceptual issues of relevance to both the ETOs and the quest for climate justice. Second, with reference to several examples, I will illustrate how the concept of […]
Climate change displacement and socio-economic rights of the child under the African human rights system
Climate change poses challenges world over, but Africa is disproportionately affected by its adverse effects, in particular, displacement. Children are a vulnerable group whose socio-economic rights are guaranteed under the African human rights system, which is defined by a set of human rights instruments and monitoring bodies. However, while social economic rights of the child […]
Extraterritorial Obligations in the Context of Eco-destruction and Climate Change
This brochure on the relevance of extraterritorial obligations in the context of eco-destruction and climate change was prepared by Greenpeace and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), both members of the ETO Consortium. The brochure is available in English and in Spanish.
