PSC 2367 Lecture 8: International Law and Human Rights
19 Feb 2019
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Possible actors improving human rights conditions: un, (i)ngos, states. Tools improving human rights conditions: treaties, development aid (capacity building), economic sanctions, watch dog groups: economic sanctions: raise the cost of repression. Globally there are 18 international human rights treaties: a lot have 1 or two optional protocols (individual or interstate complaints) International regime: set of principles, norms, rules, and decision-making procedures accepted by states (and other international actors) as binding within an issue area . You can pick and choose which international laws to follow and you can modify what they would look like. Two main sources of international law: customary international law and treaty- based law: ex. of customary international law : diplomatic immunity (before it was rati ed) Pacta sunt servanda: states are obligated to follow their legal obligations, the general principle. Signatory vs rati ed party: without rati cation they are not legally obligated to follow it.
