Join the Chorus, Avoid the Spotlight

The Effect of Neighborhood and Social Dynamics on Human Rights Organization Shaming

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6284666
AutoresSam R Bell (0000-0001-7400-5048, Kansas State University), K Chad Clay (0000-0001-8276-6998, University of Georgia), Amanda Murdie (0000-0002-6459-0594, University of Georgia, autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume63
Fascículo1
Páginas167-193
Data de publicação2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022002717727829
OpenAlexW2759816199
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas57

Which countries are likely to be ignored for their human rights abuses? This article focuses on one particular way that cases of human rights abuse might be overlooked by human rights organizations (HROs): the relative visibility of the state’s abusiveness vis-à-vis its geographic and social peers. HROs are more likely to target abusive states that are located in regions with more HRO resources and/or are surrounded by states that demonstrate higher respect for human rights, as these abuses will stand out much more clearly. Further, human rights treaties can be used by abusive states as a form of strategic “social camouflage,” with states trying to minimize the risk of HRO attention by ratifying human rights treaties to look more like their rights-respecting peers. Using a cross-national time-series research design, this article finds much support for the argument: abusive states that “join the chorus” avoid HRO attention

Argument (complex analysis · Human rights · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · Human Rights and Development · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance