LEADER 02771nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910788266503321 005 20230801231956.0 010 $a1-58901-896-6 035 $a(CKB)3170000000046250 035 $a(EBL)918776 035 $a(OCoLC)793996921 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600695 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11356595 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600695 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10600344 035 $a(PQKB)11349746 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC918776 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17399 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL918776 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10563926 035 $a(EXLCZ)993170000000046250 100 $a20110824d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInsincere commitments$b[electronic resource] $ehuman rights treaties, abusive states, and citizen activism /$fHeather M. Smith-Cannoy 210 $aWashington D.C. $cGeorgetown University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58901-887-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- A new approach to commitment and compliance -- Patterns of commitment -- Causes of commitment -- Individual petitions in Eastern Europe: racial discrimination in Slovakia -- Hungary and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women -- The Human Rights Committee in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan -- The causes and consequences of commitment reconsidered. 330 $aParadoxically, many governments that persistently violate human rights have also ratified international human rights treaties that empower their citizens to file grievances against them at the United Nations. Therefore, citizens in rights-repressing regimes find themselves with the potentially invaluable opportunity to challenge their government's abuses. Why would rights-violating governments ratify these treaties and thus afford their citizens this right? Can the mechanisms provided in these treaties actually help promote positive changes in human rights?Insincere Commitments uses both quant 606 $aHuman rights$xInternational cooperation 606 $aHuman rights$xGovernment policy 606 $aHuman rights monitoring 615 0$aHuman rights$xInternational cooperation. 615 0$aHuman rights$xGovernment policy. 615 0$aHuman rights monitoring. 676 $a341.4/8 700 $aSmith-Cannoy$b Heather M$01579119 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788266503321 996 $aInsincere commitments$93858976 997 $aUNINA