In International human rights law, an interstate case occurs when one state party to a human rights treaty brings a lawsuit against another state, alleging violations of human rights.

See also

• International legal system

Sources

• Leckie, Scott (1988). "The Inter-State Complaint Procedure in International Human Rights Law: Hopeful Prospects or Wishful Thinking?". Human Rights Quarterly . 10 (2): 249–303. doi:10.2307/762144. ISSN   0275-0392. JSTOR   762144.
• Risini, Isabella (2018). The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human Rights: Between Collective Enforcement of Human Rights and International Dispute Settlement. Brill Publishers. ISBN   978-90-04-35726-6.