| ID | 107909 |
| Title Proper | Politics and principle at the UN Human Rights Commission and Council (1992-2008) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Seligman, Steven |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines states' voting records at the United Nations Human Rights Commission/Council during the period 1992-2008 on resolutions targeting specific countries, and tests competing hypotheses about voting behaviour derived from liberal and realist theory. I conclude that a liberal framework explains voting behaviour on resolutions addressing most states and show that democracies were more likely than non-democracies to support resolutions criticizing states with poor human rights records. However, I also show that the liberal framework fails to explain voting behaviour on resolutions addressing Israel because the issue uniquely polarized states according to geo-political groupings - Western democracies often opposed resolutions addressing Israel, but developing world states often supported these resolutions. These findings hold for both the Commission and its successor body: the Human Rights Council. |
| `In' analytical Note | Israel Affairs Vol. 17, No. 4; Oct 2011: p.520-541 |
| Journal Source | Israel Affairs Vol. 17, No. 4; Oct 2011: p.520-541 |
| Key Words | United Nations Human Rights Council ; United Nations Human Rights Commission ; Israel - United Nations Relations ; Israel – United Nations Relations |