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ID171838
Title ProperWhen States Crack Down on Human Rights Defenders
LanguageENG
AuthorBakke, Kristin M
Summary / Abstract (Note)Research suggests that civil society mobilization together with the ratification of human rights treaties put pressure on governments to improve their human rights practices. An unexplored theoretical implication is that pressure provokes counterpressure. Instead of improving treaty compliance, some governments will have an interest in demobilizing civil society to silence their critics. Yet we do not know how and to what extent this incentive shapes governments’ policies and practices regarding civil society organizations. In this article we argue and show—using a new global database of government-sponsored restrictions on civil society organizations—that when governments have committed to human rights treaties and, at the same time, continue to commit severe human rights abuses, they impose restrictions on civil society groups to avoid monitoring and mitigate the international costs of abuses.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Studies Quarterly Vol. 64, No.1; Mar 2020: p. 85–96
Journal SourceInternational Studies Quarterly Vol: 64 No 1
Key WordsHuman Rights Defenders ;  Civil Society Mobilization


 
 
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