To what extent does naming and shaming influence state respect for human rights?
Although many countries and international human rights organizations strategically name …

When governments face severe political violence, they regularly respond with violence. Yet
not all governments escalate repression under such circumstances. We argue that to …

Air strikes have become an essential tool in major powers' military arsenals. Yet, despite the
precise technology that air power represents, its use can also result in unintended killings. In …

We analyze the cross-national and cross-temporal variation in the presence or absence of
domestic compliance gaps for three different human rights: the right to a fair trial, children's …

Do citizens in democracies view foreign policies as more violative of human rights based on
the governing regime's type? We hypothesize that in democratic societies, there is an …

Previous scholarship has demonstrated that shaming by human rights organizations
produces economic consequences. For example, human rights shaming by international …

Whether religious groups advance or limit human rights has been a topic of recent debate
among human rights scholars. This article studies the conditions under which religious …

What drives some authoritarian states to engage in more naming and shaming of human
rights violations than others? The Universal Periodic Review is a unique process requiring …

How does spatial interdependence between countries affect domestic levels of repression?
The current literature on state repression focuses on unit-level/common shocks explanations …

Treaties are a valuable tool for policymakers because they are both legally binding on, and
symbolically powerful signals of, commitments of states that ratify. Why states choose to ratify …