This Note explores the extent to which the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms renders a state signatory responsible for human rights abuses outside of its territory. It examines the case law developed by the European Court of Human Rights to address the debate on the relevancy of the concept of espace juridique in the context of extraterritorial jurisdiction under the Convention. It then examines the methodology of analysis used by the Court and rejects the use of the case law approach in favor of one more in keeping with a civil law framework of interpretation. Finally, the Note addresses some practical implications of both the extraterritoriality of jurisdiction of the Convention, if applied in the context of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the consequences of imputing peacekeepers' actions to European member states involved in peacekeeping efforts around the world.
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