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.
China: Human Rights and Chinese Business Activities in Latin America
Civil society organisations have submitted a report to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) on Chinese business activities in nine Latin American countries. In total, 14 cases were analysed in which these activities led to human rights violations and environmental damage. The report provides input to the CESCR on China’s non-compliance with […]
Access to medicines and the TRIPS agreement. Recognising extraterritorial human rights obligations
Access to (essential) medicines is a global and shared responsibility. This chapter starts from the basis that states have human rights obligations beyond a state’s national borders, so-called extraterritorial human rights obligations (ETOs) to respect, protect and fulfil access to medicines. International intellectual property regimes, particularly the World Trade Organisation’s Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of […]
Obligations of international assistance and cooperation in the context of investment law
This Chapter considers states’ obligations to provide international assistance and cooperation for the protection of human rights in the context of international investment agreements. Investment agreements provide substantive protections to foreign investors, primarily businesses, when they undertake commercial investments outside their state of nationality. Explicit conflicts between investment law and human rights law remain rare, […]
