International Journal of Law

Authors
Mitakshara Goyal

Abstract
The article critically analyses the evolution of a sophisticated reservation regime within the scope of international human rights corpus. The ignorance of the unique character of human rights treaty is viewed to have devastating consequences in the state practice. Moreover, the paper seeks to determine the effectiveness of the severability of reservations in the human rights treaties. It further seeks to resolves the quest of state sovereignty and the need to protect the integrity of human rights treaty through the severability doctrine.