Continuity of obligations 1997, para. 4

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The rights enshrined in the Covenant belong to the people living in the territory of the State party. The Human Rights Committee has consistently taken the view, as evidenced by its longstanding practice, that once the people are accorded the protection of the rights under the Covenant, such protection devolves with territory and continues to belong to them, notwithstanding change in government of the State party, including dismemberment in more than one State or State succession or any subsequent action of the State party designed to divest them of the rights guaranteed by the Covenant.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Human Rights Committee
Document type
General Comment / Recommendation
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
  • Civil & Political Rights
  • Governance & Rule of Law
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • All
  • N.A.
Year
1997
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
CCPR General Comment No. 26, Continuity of obligations (1997), para. 4.
Paragraph number
4