The Implications of the European Convention on Human Rights for the Development of Public International Law
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Although it is still too early to reach definitive conclusions about the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights on general international law, it is already clear that it has had a significant impact not only on other regional and universal human rights systems, but also on such diverse areas as the principles of state responsibility, the interpretation of treaties, and environmental protection. An area where such an influence has, at least so far, been limited to human rights systems and where it has not extended to general international law is that of reservations to treaties. This report was specially prepared by Professor Theodor Meron, Charles L. Denison Professor of Law at New York University Law School and an Associate Member of the Institute of International Law, and was discussed at the 19th meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) of the Council of Europe, held in Berlin from 13-14 March 2000. With its publication, the CAHDI wishes to contribute in a practical manner to the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (1950-2000).
Publication Date
2000
Recommended Citation
Meron, Theodor, "The Implications of the European Convention on Human Rights for the Development of Public International Law" (2000). Faculty Books & Edited Works. 450.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-books-edited-works/450
