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

by Heather Smith-Cannoy

Paradoxically, 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589018877
• ISBN13: 9781589018877
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher