States, Human Rights, and Distant Strangers The Normative Justification of Extraterritorial Obligations in Human Rights Law

'This book is an essential contribution to the scholarship on extraterritorial human rights obligations, and Angela Müller provides an in depth and convincing analysis not only of the legal basis for such obligations, but more importantly, their normative foundation. Setting out the tension between the territorial conception of human rights obligations and the empirical fact that states impact upon human rights enjoyment for individuals far beyond their borders, Müller bases her analysis on legal philosophy to challenge the often dominant approach that rights are universal, but obligations are territorial. Müller frames her thorough and mature analysis around the necessity to return to the normative origins of human rights law, namely that of equality and universality. This book is vital for our legal and normative understanding of extraterritorial and global human rights obligations.'

Professor Sigrun Skogly, Lancaster University Law School

'The book innovatively addresses key questions of human rights law and theory: Based on a critical assessment of counterarguments, it develops a strikingly profound justificatory theory of extraterritorial human rights obligations and shows its substantial consequences for the interpretation of crucial elements of contemporary human rights law. The arguments are sharp, concise, compelling and a pleasure to read.'

Matthias Mahlmann, Professor of Legal Philosophy and International Law at the University of Zurich

'This book is a must read in the field of extraterritorial human rights obligations - a most careful analysis both of legal and ethical aspects.'

Oliver Diggelmann, Professor of International Law at the University of Zurich