Clarifying the Extraterritorial Application of the European Convention on Human Rights (Al-Skeini v the United Kingdom)
In Al-Skeini v the United Kingdom, the European Court on Human Rights clarified the scope ratione loci of the European Convention on Human Rights. Without fully abandoning the territorial concept of jurisdiction, which it had affirmed in the 2001 Bankovic decision, the Court inched somewhat closer t...
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Ubiquity Press
2012-02-01
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| Series: | Utrecht Journal of International and European Law |
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| Online Access: | http://www.utrechtjournal.org/article/view/27 |