The paper introduces the theme and topics of this Special Issue on the extraterritoriality of EU law
and human rights in the fields of trade and public procurement since the entry into force of the 2009
Treaty of Lisbon. It briefly explores the meaning of extraterritoriality in international (human rights) law
and the EU legal order highlighting the complexity of such notion in both legal systems. In so doing,
it provides the context and focus of analysis of the collection of papers that make up this Special Issue,
which addresses a number of topical questions concerning the extraterritorial conduct of the EU, as well
as the extraterritorial effects of EU law in those specific fields, from the perspective of human rights
