Hypocrisy and human rights : resisting accountability for mass atrocities /

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"While international human rights pressure can measurably impact repressive states' behavior, it almost never elicits compliance. Instead, repressive states engage in "quasi-compliance", a gamble on doing just enough to escape punishment"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cronin-Furman, Kate, 1981- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2022.
Subjects:
Human rights.
Atrocities > Political aspects.
Criminal liability (International law)
International law and human rights.
Effectiveness and validity of law.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights
Genocide & ethnic cleansing.
Politics & government.
Human rights, civil rights.
Civics & citizenship.
War crimes.
Politics and Government.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of pressure
  • The obligation to seek justice
  • Victims and perpetrators
  • What happens after mass atrocities
  • Doing just enough?
  • Choosing your audience.

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