jpr.sagepub.com - 29 days ago
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James H. Lebovic Department of Political Science, George Washington University, lebovic{at}gwu.edu Erik Voeten Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government, Georgetown University, ev42{at}georgetown.edu Are violators of international human rights norms punished with ...
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International Law Again
Crooked Timber —
... Second, Jim and Erik have a more recent piece (paywalled) in the Journal of Peace Research that goes beyond ‘surmises’ about broad legitimation effects, and asks whether or not UNHCR condemnatory motions have measurable consequences for the states involved. They find no evidence that such motions affect bilateral aid between states. However, they find clear evidence that condemnatory motions are associated with lower levels of multilateral aid. ...
Does the UN Human Rights Council cause states to treat their citizens better than they otherwise would?
The Volokh Conspiracy —
... found that the Commission targeted and punished (that is, publicly “shamed”) countries with worse human rights records (except those with significant geopolitical power such as China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia). The second found that the World Bank and other multilateral aid institutions gave less aid to countries that were condemned by the Commission than to those that were not. ...
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