Impact on State Succession in Respect of Treaties

This chapter examines practice under the european convention on human rights and under the international covenant on civil and political rights. It shows that practice under the european convention on human rights with regard to the former czechoslovakia provides ample support for the doctrine of automatic state succession in respect of human rights treaties. It also shows that the supervisory body of the international covenant on civil and political rights has devoted most attention to the questions of principle raised by a succession of states.