According to recent studies, international human rights treaties are ineffective,
counterproductive, or else beneficial for only those countries that tend to respect human …

Peacekeeping has been one of the main conflict management tools used by the
international community to restore or safeguard peace and security. Since 1948, the United …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to international human rights--
international human rights law, why international human rights have increasingly risen to …

How many peacekeepers are needed to keep the peace? Under what conditions are local
governments and rebel forces more willing to cooperate with an intervention force? From a …

When do international non-governmental organizations like Oxfam or Human Rights Watch
actually work? Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs answers …

Does military intervention affect civilian death tolls? Existing research has focused on
international actors' ability to limit ongoing slaughter but has not examined their ability to …

Recent research has investigated the relative effectiveness of peacekeeping in stabilizing
postconflict states, preventing the return to armed hostilities between belligerents, and …

A rich literature has developed focusing on the efficacy of peacekeeping operations (PKOs)
in a temporal sense—asking whether the periods following a deployment are more peaceful …

Do human rights international nongovernmental organizations (HROs) impact public
opinion? This article argues that HROs provide information to citizens in repressive regimes …

Why do governments abuse human rights, and what can be done to deter and reverse
abusive practices? This article examines the emerging social science on these two …