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The conditional effects of international human rights institutions

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Much research on effects of international human rights institutions (IHRIs) is fixated on whether IHRIs have - "on balance" or "systematically" - generated domestic effect. This essay highlights the path-dependent and conditional nature of domestic effects of IHRIs that the current scholarship has either willfully ignored or proven unable to take seriously. It focuses on causal mechanisms by which IHRIs, as codification of rights and as treaty organizations, impact domestic human rights practice by empowering domestic human rights stakeholders and thereby indirectly influencing states' human rights practice. The essay sheds further light on the conditions under which IHRIs empower domestic stakeholders.

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  • Dai, Xinyuan, 2014. "The conditional effects of international human rights institutions," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Global Governance SP IV 2014-105, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:wzbtci:spiv2014105
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    1. Zürn, Michael & Heupel, Monika, 2017. "Human Rights Protection in International Organizations: An Introduction," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 1-39.
    2. Esther E. Song & Joanne Yang, 2023. "China's adherence to international human rights treaties: An empirical assessment," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 26(3), pages 252-268, September.
    3. Henry Pascoe, 2026. "Foreign aid and transnational terrorism: The role of United Nations counterterrorism conventions," Conflict Management and Peace Science, Peace Science Society (International), vol. 43(2), pages 183-208, March.
    4. Goertz, Gary & Powers, Kathy, 2014. "Regional governance: The evolution of a new institutional form," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Global Governance SP IV 2014-106, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    5. Francesca Parente, 2025. "Domestic accountability and non-compliance with international law: Evidence from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 62(1), pages 119-133, January.

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