The Succession of States in Universal Treaties on the Protection of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Treaties

“…[50] With respect to human rights treaties, the question of 'automatic succession' and its customary nature is even more pronounced, with views ranging from acceptance to outright rejection (Jenks [1952] at 142;Müllerson [1994] at 154-7; Bos [1995] at 18; Kamminga [1996] at 472-3;Shaw [1994] at 84; Stern [1996] at 297-306; Higgins [1998] at 696-7;Rasulov [2003]; Ruiz [2011] at 69; Zimmermann and Devaney [2019]).…”