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ID170025
Title ProperHuman Rights versus National Interests
Other Title InformationShifting US Public Attitudes on the International Criminal Court
LanguageENG
AuthorZvobgo, Kelebogile
Summary / Abstract (Note)The United States—an architect of international criminal tribunals in the twentieth century—has since moderated its involvement in international justice. Striking to many observers is the United States’ failure to join the International Criminal Court—the institutional successor to the tribunals the nation helped install in Germany, Japan, the Balkans, and Rwanda. Interestingly, the US public’s support of the ICC increases yearly despite the government’s ambivalence about, and even hostility toward, the Court. Drawing on the US foreign policy public opinion literature, I theorize that human rights frames increase support for joining the ICC among Americans, whereas national interest frames decrease support. I administer an online survey experiment to evaluate these expectations and find consistent support. I additionally test hypotheses from the framing literature in American politics regarding the effect of exposure to two competing frames. I find that participants exposed to competing frames hold more moderate positions than participants exposed to a single frame but differ appreciably from the control group. Crucially, I find that participants’ beliefs about international organizations’ effectiveness and impartiality are equally, if not more, salient than the treatments. Thus, the ICC may be able to mobilize support and pressure policy change by demonstrating effectiveness and impartiality.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Studies Quarterly Vol. 63, No.4; Dec 2019: p.1065–1078
Journal SourceInternational Studies Quarterly Vol: 63 No 4
Key WordsHuman Rights ;  International Criminal Court ;  National Interests ;  US Public Attitudes


 
 
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