Extraterritorial, universal, or transnational human rights law?

Speaker: Dr Dalia Palombo 

Traditionally, international human rights adjudication relied on the paradigm of extraterritoriality on the rare occasions when it was confronted with cross-border cases.  However, with globalization, transboundary human rights cases have multiplied, and the extraterritoriality paradigm has been increasingly proven unfit to address global crises. Therefore, it is necessary to look beyond extraterritoriality. This lecture analyses the competing paradigms of universality and transnationality as domestic courts have adopted them. It argues that international human rights adjudication should reconceptualise extraterritoriality against the background of universality and transnationality to address global crises.

This event will be followed by a drinks reception.