Health is a human right; as such, a public health crisis is a human rights crisis. Yet the
human rights impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic seems to have varied widely, both …

Counting repressive events is difficult because state leaders have an incentive to conceal
actions of their subordinates and destroy evidence of abuse. In this article, we extend …

Scholars contend that embedding human rights conditionality in trade agreements can
improve human rights. We argue that human rights interests may collide with trade …

Conflict-related sexual violence is an international security problem and is sometimes used
as a weapon of war. It is also a complex and hard-to-observe phenomenon, constituting …

Research on human rights has often focused on civil, political, and personal integrity rights
to the exclusion of other categories of rights. Children's rights have been one of these often …

Estimating the ideological positions of political actors is an important step toward answering
a number of substantive questions in political science. Survey scales provide useful data for …

Expert-coded datasets provide scholars with otherwise unavailable data on important
concepts. However, expert coders vary in their reliability and scale perception, potentially …

When negotiating investment treaties, states balance two goals: providing strong protections
for investors (investor protection), which is thought to attract foreign direct investment, and …

The observation, measurement, and analysis of violent and contentious processes are
essential parts of the scientific study of peace and conflict. However, concepts such as the …

Building on the extant literature, this study contends that higher political polarization,
wherein opposing individuals or groups engage in hostile interactions over political …