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

Conrad, Courtenay R.,

Contentious compliance : dissent and repression under international human rights law / Courtenay R. Conrad, Emily Hencken Ritter. - xvii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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.

9780190910983 9780190910976

2018045548


International law and human rights.
Human rights.
Treaties.
Political persecution.
Dissenters--Legal status, laws, etc.
Government, Resistance to.
Protest movements.

KZ1266 / COR 2019

 

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