Insincere Commitments - Human Rights Treaties, Abusive States, and Citizen Activism

Informationen zum Autor Heather Smith-Cannoy is an assistant professor of international affairs at Lewis & Clark College in Portland! Oregon. Klappentext Suitable for human rights scholars! students! and practitioners! as well as those interested in the UN! international relations! treaties! and governance! this title examines the factors contributing to commitment and compliance among post-Soviet states such as Slovakia! Hungary! Kyrgyzstan! and Tajikistan. Zusammenfassung Suitable for human rights scholars! students! and practitioners! as well as those interested in the UN! international relations! treaties! and governance! this title examines the factors contributing to commitment and compliance among post-Soviet states such as Slovakia! Hungary! Kyrgyzstan! and Tajikistan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. A New Approach to Commitment and Compliance 2. Patterns of Commitment 3. Causes of Commitment 4. Individual Petitions in Eastern Europe: Racial Discrimination in Slovakia 5. Hungary and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 6. The Human Rights Committee in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan 7. The Causes and Consequences of Commitment Reconsidered Appendix ReferencesIndex

Product details

• Authors: Heather Smith-Cannoy, Heather (Lewis & Clark College) Smith-Cannoy, Heather M. Smith-Cannoy, Smith-Cannoy Heather
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.05.2012
• EAN: 9781589018877
• ISBN: 978-1-58901-887-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Insincere Commitments
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Eastern Europe, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, International Relations, Central Asia, Human rights, civil rights