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

Index

199 Index Numbers beginning with the letter F refer to illustrations. African Commission on Human and People’s Rights, 53 Akaev, Askar, 18, 141, 144 authoritarianism of, 146, 147–48, 153 human rights violations under, 142–43, 152, 172 Aliboyev, Valijon, 159 Amnesty International, 7, 159 Ascady, Judit, 128 A.S. v. Hungary, 133–34, 135, 173 A.T. v. Hungary, 132–33, 135 Australia, 58 Bakiyev, Kurmanbek, 152 Balaz, Branislav, 106 banking crises, 19–20, 67, 83, 89 Barsoom, Peter, 154 Beknazarov, Azimbek, 148–49 Belgium, 74, 104 Bielikova, Poslankyna, 105 Bokros, Lajos, 126 Bolton, John, 2 Bulgaria, 19 Butaeva v. Tajikistan, 162 Canada, 58–59 Center for Reproductive Rights, 134 Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE, Slovakia), 111 Charter of Paris, 104 Chechnya, 34 Checkel, Jeffrey, 18, 34, 99 China, 11, 80 coercive pressuring, 30, 69, 128 collective benefits, 32, 43 commitment to treaties and oversight, 74–89 constructivist explanation for, 26–28 cost-benefit approach to, 17, 39, 41, 75, 80 costs of, 7, 68, 90n8, 169 data on, 65–74 debt crises as factor in, 67, 79, 87, 89, 167 and democratic lock-in, 88, 97–98, 106, 123–24, 148, 159–60, 171 domestic politics and, 7, 18–20, 22–24, 78, 96–97, 122–23, 155–56, 157 economic motivations for, 18–20, 37, 64, 67–68, 83, 88, 99–102, 167–68 established democracies and, 49–50, 58, 60–61, 77, 81–82, 88 fear of reprisals and, 31–32, 172 human rights practices and, 10, 32, 33, 42–43, 53, 162–63, 173, 176 200 Index commitment to treaties and oversight (continued) impact on compliance of, 29–35, 95–96, 118–21, 170–71 meant as cheap signal, 3, 4, 11, 13, 15, 22–23, 64, 65, 67, 83, 99, 105, 106, 127, 130, 131, 136, 139, 140, 166, 173–74 openings created by, 38–39, 163–64, 166–67, 169, 173–76 rationalist explanation for, 24–26 regime instability and, 47–48, 68, 155 reputational concerns in, 31–32, 57, 81, 104, 106, 172–73 as response to global pressures, 20–24, 102–3, 143–45, 157–58, 166–68 socialization and, 27–28, 77–78, 106, 148, 157–60, 171–72 as strategic decision, 23–24, 38, 157 timing of, 35–37, 49–50, 51, 60 Committee Against Torture, 5, 61 acceptance of oversight by, 48, 49, 53, 78–80, 87–89, F2.4, F2.5 complaints before, 45, 59–60, F2.12 Committee for Human Rights and National Minorities (Slovakia), 112 Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 5–6 Committee on Migrant Workers, 5–6 Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women acceptance of oversight by, 60, 86–87, 127 creation of, 5 petitions before, 18, 80–82, 121, 132–35, 177 Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 172 acceptance of oversight by, 21, 55–56, 63n17, 74–76, 82–83, 86, F2.10 complaints before, 17, 23, 36, 60, 108, 109–10, 111, 177 creation of, 5 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 5, 6 Communism, 119, 154 constructivism, 26–28 Convention Against Torture (CAT), 28, 33 ratification of, 7, 25, 43, 53, 61, 78–80, 98, 104, F2.7 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), 80, 86, 117, 134 about, 116–17 compliance with, 118–19 ratification of, 43, 60, 66, 116, 117–18, 121–22, 129–30, 171, F2.7 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 5, 56, 98, 106, 107 about, 92–93 ratification of, 43, 45, 75, 93–94, 104–5, 113, F2.7 Convention on the Political Rights of Women, 28 Convention on the Rights of the Child,146 Copenhagen Criteria, 20–21, 102–3, 107, 129 cost-benefit approach, 17, 39, 41, 75, 80 Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), 125 Council of Europe (1998), 127 Cox Proportional Hazard Model, 65–66 Csáky, Pál, 112 Cuba, 11, 28 currency crises, 19–20, 67, 83, 89 Czechoslovakia, 95, 99, 106, 114n15 Czech Republic, 23, 88, 91n21 economy of, 18, 19–20, 99, 126 Danco, Jozef, 101 Danihel, Vincent, 112 death penalty in Kyrgyzstan, 147, 151, 152, 153 in Tajikistan, 159, 161–62 debt crises as factor in commitment, 67, 79, 87, 89, 167 in Hungary, 87, 116, 125–27, 168 democratic lock-in, 75, 97–98, 148, 159–60, 171 Hungary and, 123–24 [3.138.114.94] Project MUSE (2024-04-24 05...