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Interim Measures In International Human Rights: Evolution And Harmonization, Jo M. Pasqualucci
Interim Measures In International Human Rights: Evolution And Harmonization, Jo M. Pasqualucci
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In this Article, the Author undertakes a comprehensive study of interim measures ordered in human rights cases before six international enforcement bodies--the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the United Nations Human Rights Committee, the United Nations Committee against Torture, and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. An order of interim measures may require that the State take positive action, such as providing protection for human rights activists or journalists, or it may call upon the State to refrain from taking action, such as not extraditing a person or delaying …