From Judge to Participant
The United States as champion of human rights
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8415511 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniel W Wessner (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 29-45 |
| Publication date | 1996-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-4810 • E-ISSN: 1472-6033 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14672715.1996.10416199 |
| OpenAlex | W2333915588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
The United States has engaged in international human rights practice in two significantly different ways. This mix is not so much a sign of schizophrenia as one of maturing. Initially as an international judge the United States traditionally declared human rights legal standards through foreign policy. This declaratory posture has been both positive and negative. Positively it has contributed to a growing body of international legal human rights standards and instruments. But as the U.S. government itself has generally abstained from ratifying international human rights covenants, its participatory role has been minimal. A double standard incites counterjudgments from various parts of the world, as others question the consistency, responsibility, and reciprocity in U.S. standards, practices, and opinions. Such foreign-policy debates wallow in harangue and rhetoric that create more hardness than progress
Champion · Citizen journalism · Consistency (knowledge bases · Covenant · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International human rights law · International law · Law and economics · Political science · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Criminal Law and Evidence · International Law and Human Rights · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2000 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |