Insincere commitments : human rights treaties, abusive states, and citizen activism / Heather M. Smith-Cannoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith-Cannoy, Heather M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--International cooperation.

Human rights.

Human rights--Government policy.

Human rights monitoring.

United Nations. Human Rights Committee.

United Nations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Paradoxically, many governments that persistently violate human rights have also ratified international human rights treaties that empower their citizens to file grievances against them at the United Nations. Therefore, citizens in rights-repressing regimes find themselves with the potentially invaluable opportunity to challenge their government's abuses. Why would rights-violating governments ratify these treaties and thus afford their citizens this right? Can the mechanisms provided in these treaties actually help promote positive changes in human rights?Insincere Commitments uses both quant

Contents:

Introduction

A new approach to commitment and compliance

Patterns of commitment

Causes of commitment

Individual petitions in Eastern Europe: racial discrimination in Slovakia

Hungary and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

The Human Rights Committee in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

The causes and consequences of commitment reconsidered.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589018969

1589018966

OCLC:

793996921