(Geo)Politics of Universal Periodic Review: Why States Issue and Accept Human Rights Recommendations?

IF 1.7 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Foreign Policy Analysis Pub Date : 2021-08-18 DOI:10.1093/fpa/orab029

Anže Burger, Igor Kovač, Staša Tkalec

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Abstract

The research identifies geographic proximity as the crucial driving force behind state behavior in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Looking at both stages of the UPR mechanism, we pose two questions: what best explains states issuing human rights recommendations and what best explains states accepting those recommendations? Our model controls for a variety of alternative explanations—state capacity, international structure, and international institutions. The results show that the closer the states are, the more likely it is that they will issue each other recommendations; however, the closer the states are, the less likely it is that they will accept recommendations from one another. We also find an important caveat: the logic of issuance and acceptance of recommendations is reversed when it comes to neighboring states. The latter speaks against general international relations literature, where sharing a border and geographic proximity are both associated with increasing the likelihood of conflict.

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普遍定期审议的地缘政治:各国为何发布和接受人权建议?

该研究指出，地理邻近性是各国在普遍定期审议(UPR)中的行为背后的关键驱动力。审视普遍定期审议机制的两个阶段，我们提出了两个问题:什么最能解释国家发布人权建议，什么最能解释国家接受这些建议?我们的模型控制了各种可供选择的解释——国家能力、国际结构和国际机构。结果表明，各州之间的距离越近，他们就越有可能互相发布建议;然而，各州之间的关系越密切，他们接受彼此建议的可能性就越小。我们还发现了一个重要的警告:当涉及到邻国时，提出和接受建议的逻辑是相反的。后者反对一般的国际关系文献，其中共享边界和地理邻近都与增加冲突的可能性有关。

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Foreign Policy Analysis INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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