International Human Rights Law of Cooperation

Prisca Feihle, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

• Contents1 Introduction: international cooperation, state responsibilityand the European Convention on Human Rights PART I INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ANDINTERNATIONAL LAW2 The significance of international cooperation in internationallaw 3 International cooperation and the general law of internationalresponsibilityPART II INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BEFORE THEEUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS4 Regulating international cooperation in the context of aregional human rights regime: challenges and promises 5 Extradition, expulsion and other forms of an individual’sremoval: rights as specific limits to international cooperation 6 ‘Extraordinary renditions’: cooperation turning into complicity 7 Cooperation under the auspices of international organizations:human rights protection and international cooperation inbalance 8 Effective investigations into cross-border criminal acts:cooperation as a duty under human rights 9 The ECtHR’s continuous review over international cooperation PART III A FRAMEWORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTSRESPONSIBILITY IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION10 Reinterpreting human rights responsibility in internationalcooperation 11 Redefining the scope of application of human rights withininternational cooperation 12 Human rights obligations with a cooperative dimension 13 Conclusion: an international human rights law of cooperationstill unfolding

‘This book makes an interesting and original contribution to the field of human rights law by exploring the distinctive question of the extent to which states are (and should be) bound by human rights when they cooperate transnationally with other states - for example in areas such as anti-terrorism, intelligence-sharing or extradition. It combines careful scholarly analysis of existing rules of international law with proposals for further developing an “international human rights law of cooperation” to strengthen the responsibility of states for protecting human rights when they cooperate with other states.’