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

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* *{{cite book , last1=Risini , first1=Isabella , title=The Inter-State Application under the European Convention on Human Rights: Between Collective Enforcement of Human Rights and International Dispute Settlement , date=2018 , publisher= Brill Publishers , isbn=978-90-04-35726-6 , language=en International relations Human rights