Handbook “For Human Rights beyond Borders: How to Hold States Accountable for Extraterritorial Violations”

The intention of this handbook is to make the Maastricht Principles more accessible and relevant to civil society by illustrating, with concrete examples, how they relate to specific policy fields, and how they can be used to hold States accountable for extraterritorial violations.

The handbook provides a basic overview of the extraterritorial obligations (ETOs) States have under international law as spelled out in the Maastricht Principles, an overview of States’ ETOs in relation to specific policy fields and sites of social struggles, and contains practical tools for analyzing and arguing ETO cases, as well as for identifying entry points at the national, regional, and international level for denouncing extraterritorial violations of human rights and promoting State adherence to ETOs.

The Handbook is complemented by the Toolkit “For Human Rights beyond Borders: How to Hold States Accountable for Extraterritorial Violations”