Measuring the Effects of Human Rights Treaties

Effects of International Human Rights Treaties

Estimating the Effects of Human Rights Treaties on State Behavior

Though research suggests that international regimes that coordinate economic and security policy can alter state behavior, research examining the effect of human rights treaties on state behavior has found that these agreements do little to curb repressive practices. However, those studies neglect to account for the fact that several of the statelevel characteristics which are known to affect r...

Ratification of human rights treaties: the beginning not the end.

I appreciate Alexis Palmer and colleagues’ empirical research on the eff ects of ratifi cation of human rights treaties on population health (June 6, p 1987). Despite their conclusion that ratifi cation has no benefi ts on health, issues surrounding the eff ect of human rights norms within treaties are complex and might not be fully captured through an analysis of correlations between ratifi ca...

human rights treaties different atmosphere

arguing that human rights treaties by their nature are different from other international agreements, this article deals mainly with such questions as succession of states in respect of human rights treaties and reservations to such instruments.  in contrast to other treaties, which are generally “inter-states exchange of interests”, human rights documents are protective instruments according t...

Does ratification of human-rights treaties have effects on population health?

Human-rights treaties indicate a country's commitment to human rights. Here, we assess whether ratification of human-rights treaties is associated with improved health and social indicators. Data for health (including HIV prevalence, and maternal, infant, and child [<5 years] mortalities) and social indicators (child labour, human development index, sex gap, and corruption index), gathered from...