The Proof Is in the Process: Self-Reporting Under International Human Rights Treaties

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Creamer, Cosette D.; Simmons, Beth A.
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-9300
• DOI: 10.1017/ajil.2019.70
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 1-50
• 关键词: united-nations committee; source credibility; POLICY; LAW; institutions; INFORMATION; CONVENTION; DESIGN; REFORM; ORGANIZATIONS

摘要

Recent research has shown that state reporting to human rights monitoring bodies is associated with improvements in rights practices, calling into question earlier claims that self-reporting is inconsequential. Yet little work has been done to explore the theoretical mechanisms that plausibly account for this association. This Article systematically documents-across treaties, countries, and years-four mechanisms through which reporting can contribute to human rights improvements: elite socialization, learning and capacity building, domestic mobilization, and law development. These mechanisms have implications for the future of human rights treaty monitoring.