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2 - The Responsibility of IOs for Human Rights Violations

from A Framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2020

Stian Øby Johansen
Stian Øby Johansen
Affiliation:
Universitetet i Oslo
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In this chapter I discuss the responsibility of international organizations for human rights violations as a matter of substantive law. The central rules concerning the attribution of conduct to international organizations are analyzed, as are the relevant rules on indirect responsibility (complicity). Four potential sources of human rights obligations for international organizations are also identified: the constitutions and secondary law of the organizations themselves, treaty law, customary law, and general principles of law.

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responsibilityhuman rightsindividualsattributionbreachtreaty lawcustomary international lawgeneral principles of law
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The Human Rights Accountability Mechanisms of International Organizations , pp. 29 - 59
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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