Shame on You: The Impact of Human Rights Criticism on Political Repression in Latin America

Franklin, John

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2478.2007.00496.x

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“…A growing body of scholarship has demonstrated that human rights INGO shaming advocacy has, at least under certain conditions, had a significant impact on curbing the government's willingness to commit repression against it citizens (Hawkins 2002;Cardenas 2007;Franklin 2008;Fábián 2010;Murdie and Davis 2012;Smith-Cannoy 2012). Further work by Krain (2012) and DeMeritt (2012) find that shaming can be effective at stopping state-sanctioned systematic violence, such as mass killings and genocide.…”

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Women’s rights INGO shaming and the government respect for women’s rights

Murdie

Peksen

2014

Rev Int Organ

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How effective are women's rights international non-governmental organizations (WROs) in improving government respect for women's rights? In this paper, we argue that WROs can be powerful actors in advancing women's status, especially when they adopt a specific advocacy strategy: "naming and shaming" of governments or non-governmental agents. We assert that a targeted "naming and shaming" publicity strategy is necessary to exert pressure on the government to enforce women's internationally recognized rights. Using a new dataset on the advocacy activities of over 1,595 WROs, we test the implications of our argument in a global statistical model from 1991 to 2005. The results indicate that WRO shaming is likely to improve women's economic and social rights while having no discernible impact on women's political rights. We also find that the mere presence of WROs is unlikely to have a significant impact on women's rights. One major implication of the findings is that any significant improvement in respect for women's rights partly requires a strong voice in advocacy. The findings also suggest that governments that face pressure from advocacy groups are more inclined to promote and enforce only the rights that do not threaten their own political power and status, such as women's social and economic rights.

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Women’s rights INGO shaming and the government respect for women’s rights

Murdie

Peksen

2014

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“…Often, however, as was the case after September 11 th , states retain a quite influential position in their ability to articulate affect as emotion -to name that which citizens 'felt'. This is certainly not always the case, and many important examples exist of states failing to articulate their preferred policies to resonate affectively, and where NGOs 'shame' states to pursue a political agenda that they likely would not have pursued otherwise (Franklin, 2008). Frequently though, as was the case after 9/11 and as tends to follow perceived 'crisis situations', affect is often what states make of it.…”

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Affect is what states make of it: articulating everyday experiences of 9/11

Holland

Solomon

2014

Critical Studies on Security

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This article considers the politics of affect and official discourses of '9/11'. Drawing on the work of William Connolly and others, it is argued that to understand the resonance of dominant constructions of '9/11' it is necessary to revisit their successful incorporation of prevalent American affective experiences of September 11 th . To date, this relationship between affect, resonance, and discourse has been underexplored in International Relations. Its investigation offers important empirical insights on resonance, as well as theoretical innovation in connecting established work on narrative and discourse with emerging work on bioculture and affect. To this end, the article introduces a framework for the future analysis of affect, culture and discourse within International Relations. The article concludes, however, that, notwithstanding its importance to resonance, in 'crisis' situations such as '9/11', affect is what states make of it.

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“…For example, Simmons (2000) analyzed states that were new entrants on the international scene, emerging from either a period of nondemocracy or global isolation and found that states were concerned with their reputations for respecting the rule of law because this affected the level of economic integration they were able to achieve. In addition, the power of shame which comes from a bad reputation has been found to be a strong deterrent for states, preventing them from engaging in norm-violating behavior (Donnelly 1998;Franklin 2008;Lebovic and Voeten 2006).…”

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Human Rights as Reputation Builder: Compliance with the Convention Against Torture

Zartner

Ramos

2010

Hum Rights Rev

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A strong record of human rights protections is an important factor for a state to maintain a positive international reputation. In this article, we suggest that states will use compliance with human rights treaties as a mechanism by which to improve their reputations to help achieve their foreign policy goals. We hypothesize that international human rights compliance is a means to improve a state's reputation in three specific situations: when the state is facing regional pressures as the result of a desire to join a regional organization; when the state is facing regional pressures not to run afoul of a court within a regional organization; or when a state seeks foreign assistance from an entity with human rights requirements for the receipt of such assistance. We examine our theory by analyzing human rights reports regarding state compliance with specific treaty obligations outlined in the Convention Against Torture (CAT). While the evidence for our hypotheses is mixed, we do find some support for our assertion that state compliance is linked to reputational concerns. In particular, states comply with the CAT when they are part of a regional organization that has a human rights court, and when they are receiving conditional aid from the European Union.Reputation is an important component of a state's toolbox when it is considering its interactions with the international community. Given the importance of reputation in Hum Rights Rev (2011) 12:71-92

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Shame on You: The Impact of Human Rights Criticism on Political Repression in Latin America

Cited by 172 publications

References 53 publications

Women’s rights INGO shaming and the government respect for women’s rights

Women’s rights INGO shaming and the government respect for women’s rights

Affect is what states make of it: articulating everyday experiences of 9/11

Human Rights as Reputation Builder: Compliance with the Convention Against Torture

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