Commentary to the Maastricht principles on extraterritorial obligations of states in the area of economic, social and cultural rights

Olivier De Schutter, Asbjørn Eide, Ashfaq Khalfan, Marcos Orellana, Margot E. Salomon and Ian Seiderman

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Abstract: On 28 September 2011, at a gathering convened by Maastricht University and the International Commission of Jurists, a group of experts in international law and human rights adopted the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. The experts came from universities and organizations located in all regions of the world and included current and former members of international human rights treaty bodies, regional human rights bodies, and former and current Special Rapporteurs of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

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Date: 2012
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Published in Human Rights Quarterly, 2012, 34(4), pp. 1084-1169. ISSN: 0275-0392

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