How regional organizations respond to human rights
Asean’s ritualism in comparative perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12719840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mathew Davies (0000-0002-6133-1239, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-262 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Rights (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-4835 • E-ISSN: 1475-4843 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14754835.2020.1841607 |
| OpenAlex | W3144698351 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 77 |
This article builds a framework comparing how different regional organizations respond to human rights. Moving beyond Eurocentric beliefs that organizations either reject or unambiguously adopt rights, I present four categories of response: antagonism, ritualism, supportive, and embracing. I examine these categories conceptually and empirically, providing examples of how different regional organizations exemplify these categories. Next I detail how ASEAN’s approach to rights represents ritualism, combining support for human rights institutions without agreement on the moral worth of human rights. ASEAN’s ritualism is a product of the requirement to retain traditional commitments to nonintervention while responding to pressure to institutionalize human rights. Ritualism both legitimates human rights and normalizes their violation. Drawing on a comparison with the Inter-American system, I suggest three developments to ASEAN’s system that offer a plausible path for improving human rights governance in Southeast Asian regionalism without falling foul of political reality
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |