Making Sense of Human Rights Commitments

Making Sense of Human Rights Commitments

What motivates states to commit to international human rights treaties remains a much-debated question in political and legal science. Many tentative explanations for the observed variation in signature and ratification patterns have been proposed. Some are based on the content of the treaties (the...

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Main Author: Smekal, Hubert
Other Authors: Šipulová, Katarína, Pospíšil, Ivo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brno : Masarykova univerzita, 2016.
Subjects:
Human rights > Slovakia.
Human rights > Czech Republic.
Human rights
Czech Republic
Slovakia
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Case Selection
  • 1.2 Generalization
  • 1.3 Theoretical and Methodological Issues
  • 1.4 Terminology
  • 1.5 Book Contents
  • 1.6 Some Hints to the Reader
  • I. GENERAL TRENDS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITMENTS
  • 2 What We Know about Adopting International Human Rights Commitments
  • 2.1 Why Human Rights Treaties Are Special
  • 2.2 Why States Adopt Human Rights Treaties
  • 2.3 Overview and Categorization of Writings on International Human Rights Treaties
  • 2.4 Findings of Important Works
  • 3 Political Regimes and Commitment Patterns
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Methodology and Terminology
  • 3.3 Historical Trends and Geographical Patterns in Commitment Practice
  • 3.4 Commitment Patterns of Political Regimes
  • 3.5 Conclusion
  • II. CASE STUDY
  • 4 Human Rights Commitments in Czechoslovakia, Czech Republic and Slovakia
  • Background Information
  • 4.1 The Socialist Past
  • 4.2 Changes in the 1990s during the Initial Stages of Democratic Transition
  • 4.3 Developments in the Czech Republic after the Split of the Federation
  • 4.4 Developments in Slovakia after the Split of the Federation
  • 4.5 Conclusions: From Resistance through Enthusiasm to Pragmatic Approaches
  • 5 Treaty Control Mechanism, Legitimacy and Domestic Change
  • 5.1 Introductory Remarks
  • 5.2 Theoretical Expectations
  • 5.3 Data Analysis
  • 5.4 Regimes and Reasons for Human Rights Commitments
  • 5.5 Czechoslovakia 1948-1989 and Its Approach to Human Rights and International Law
  • 5.6 Why States Make International Human Rights Commitments
  • 5.7 Conclusion
  • 6 Commitment Decisions: Differences between Leftist and Rightist Governments
  • 6.1 Introduction and Overview of Theory
  • 6.2 Research Design and Research Questions
  • 6.2.1 Case Selection
  • 6.2.2 Research Aims
  • 6.3 Empirical Research
  • 6.3.1 Introductory Remarks on Data Analysis
  • 6.3.2 Commitments to Human Rights Treaties
  • 6.3.3 Governmental Manifestos
  • 6.4 Conclusion
  • 7 Moderating the Commitment Decision with Reservations: Explaining What Is Missing in Commitment Patterns
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Research Puzzle
  • 7.3 Historical Overview of the Reservations Practiceand Its Relationship to the Character of Commitments
  • 7.4 Commitments, Regimes, and Control Mechanisms -How the Reservations Change Existing Patterns
  • 7.5 Concluding Remarks
  • 8 Who and What Impacts the Processof A dopting Human Rights Commitments? Veto Players and International Human Rights Commitments
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Veto Players and Commitment Activity
  • 8.3 Conclusion
  • III. INDIRECT INFLUENCES (MICRO-LEVEL ANALYSIS)
  • 9 Human Rights Treaties before Constitutional Courts: Identical Starting Points, Slightly Different Outcomes

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