Approximately one-quarter of civil war peace agreements contain some reference to gender,
prompting the question of whether or not gender provisions within peace agreements are …

Can commitment to international human rights law promote human rights when the
commitment is not yet legally binding? I argue that treaty signature can be used by non …

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 …

Quantitative research into the effectiveness of the UN human rights treaty bodies (UNTBs) in
eliciting remedial responses from states is impeded by a lack of usable data on how states …

The legalization of international human rights has led to an explosion in the number of
recommendations states receive each year regarding their domestic human rights practices …

In the past decades, clauses guaranteeing gender equality have become a common feature
of national constitutions. During that time, de facto gender equality also noticeably improved …

The article examines the record of compliance with the UN Committee against Torture's
decisions in individual complaints cases. Theoretically, I expect that compliance will be the …

Abstract The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Reservations and Objections of Committed States (CEDAW ROCS) dataset provides a rich …

Since the 1970s, many countries have passed policy and institutional reforms to promote
gender equality and the wellbeing of women. The global diffusion of gender and women's …

Does shaming affect human rights treaty ratification? Whereas most scholars study
shaming's effects on eventual human rights respect, models of international shame predict …