Insincere commitments : human rights treaties, abusive states, and citizen activism /

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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 inval...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith-Cannoy, Heather M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2012.
Subjects:
United Nations. > Human Rights Committee.
United Nations. > Human Rights Committee
Human rights > International cooperation.
Human rights > Government policy.
Human rights monitoring.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Coopération internationale.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Politique gouvernementale.
Droits de l'homme > Surveillance.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Human rights > Government policy
Human rights > International cooperation
Human rights monitoring
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 A New Approach to Commitment and Compliance; 2 Patterns of Commitment; 3 Causes of Commitment; 4 Individual Petitions in Eastern Europe: Racial Discrimination in Slovakia; 5 Hungary and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women; 6 The UN Human Rights Committee in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan; 7 The Causes and Consequences of Commitment Reconsidered; Appendix; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

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