Contentious compliance : dissent and repression under international human rights law /

Do international human rights treaties constrain governments from repressing their populations? Government authorities routinely ignore their international obligations, and countries with poor human rights records join international treaties and yet continue to violate rights. Contentious Compliance...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Conrad, Courtenay R. (Author), Ritter, Emily Hencken (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	International law and human rights. Human rights. Treaties. Political persecution. Dissenters > Legal status, laws, etc. Government, Resistance to. Protest movements. Human Rights Droit international et droits de l'homme. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Traités. Répression politique. Résistance au gouvernement. Contestation. treaties. Government, Resistance to Human rights International law and human rights Political persecution Protest movements Treaties Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Do human rights treaties protect rights?
A model of conflict and constraint
Empirical implications of treaty effects on conflict
Using data to determine the effect of treaties on repression & dissent
Substantive empirical results : government repression
Substantive empirical results : mobilized dissent
Conclusion : human rights treaties (sometimes) protect rights.