United Kingdom jurisdictionextraterritorialitystate responsibility

Ilascu v Moldova

Ilascu and Others v Moldova and Russia (2005) 40 EHRR 1030

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtEuropean Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber)

Year2004

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

For the purposes of Article 1 of the ECHR a State may exercise jurisdiction over a territory it does not effectively control: the territorial State (Moldova) retains a limited positive obligation to take diplomatic and other lawful measures to secure Convention rights, while a State exercising effective authority or decisive influence over a separatist region (Russia, over Transdniestria) bears full responsibility for violations there.

Area of Law

General

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