South Africa and Civil and Political Rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12430855 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eduard Jordaan (0000-0002-5492-0027, 1 Rhodes University Department of Political and International Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 171-197 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720 |
| Publisher | Lynne Rienner Publishers (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1163/19426720-02501009 |
| OpenAlex | W2937803289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
For constructivists, a state’s identity implies its preferences, interests, and resultant actions in international affairs, which is why constructivists expect democracies to support human rights internationally. This study examines South Africa’s record on civil and political rights at the UN Human Rights Council. While there is an element of anti-imperialism in South Africa’s identity that might help explain some of its actions, human rights remain important in South Africa’s self-understanding. Despite the presence of human rights in South Africa’s identity, at the Human Rights Council, South Africa’s actions have ranged from failing to uphold civil and political rights to supporting their restriction. A bifurcated national identity therefore diminishes the predictive power of a constructivist national identity approach
Human rights · Identity (music · International human rights law · International law · Linguistic rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public international law · Right to property · Sociology · State (computer science · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Human Rights and Development · International Law and Human Rights · Law
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The African Group on the United Nations Human Rights Council
Assessing South Africa's ambivalent Sogi diplomacy in Africa
Foreign policy without the policy? South Africa and activism on sexual orientation at the United Nations
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State of mind
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |