A responsabilidade internacional do Estado por violação a normas protetoras de direitos humanos

Abstract

This work is a doctoral thesis that analyzes the possibility of the resort to countermeasures by non directly injured States in light of the violation of a norm protecting human rights. Starting from a study of the international responsibility, the legal consequences of this responsibility are analyzed, among them, the right of other States to adopt countermeasures against the State violating the International Law. Based on a documental, jurisprudential and bibliographic research, the legality of the adoption of countermeasures by non directly injured States is verified taking in account the work of the International Law Commission of the UN, the jurisprudence, and the State practice in the subject. It is argued that the existence of a customary norm guarantees the right of States to resort to countermeasures even when they are not directly injured by the internationally unlawful act, in the cases where the violated obligation is due to the international community as a whole. The necessity of the resort to countermeasures in light of serious violations of norms protecting fundamental human rights in view of the global system for protection of these rights. It is concluded that in view of the limited efficacy of the global mechanisms for the protection of human rights in the current International Law, the countermeasures adopted by non directly injured States are not only legal, but also necessary to the guarantee of the broadest protection of fundamental human rights.