人权法的话语演变：从对 18 万条联合国建议的计算分析中获得的经验启示

IF 1.6 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Human Rights Law Review Pub Date : 2024-09-03 DOI:10.1093/hrlr/ngae021

Renana Keydar, Vera Shikhelman, Tomer Broude, Jonathan Elkobi

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基于 180,000 份联合国建议的独立数据库和一种新颖的计算方法，我们提出了迄今为止最全面的人权（HR）辩论研究。我们开发了一个独特的实证模型，用于衡量话语的主题密度。这一创新工具通过对联合国人权机构的产出进行机器学习文本分析来衡量这些机构的话语活动，提供了联合国人权生态系统中人权趋势随时间（非同步）和不同机制（同步）演变的动态地图。利用这一全面的数据集和复杂的计算方法，我们确定了哪些受保护群体是不同机制关注的核心，并突出强调了关注度发生重大变化的主要人权问题。我们的研究揭示了联合国人权讨论的密度及其对人权法领域两大争论--人权扩散和联合国人权机构的结构性批判--的影响。

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The Discursive Evolution of Human Rights Law: Empirical Insights from a Computational Analysis of 180,000 UN Recommendations

Building on an independent database of 180,000 UN recommendations and a novel computational method, we present the most comprehensive study of human rights (HR) debates to date. We develop a unique empirical model that measures topical density of discourse. This innovative instrument measures the discursive activity of UN HR bodies through a machine-learning textual analysis of their outputs, offering a dynamic map of evolving trends in human rights, both over time (diachronically) and across different mechanisms (synchronically) within the UN HR ecosystem. Leveraging this comprehensive dataset and sophisticated computational methodologies, we identify which protected groups are central to different mechanisms’ attention and highlight the major human rights issues that have witnessed significant changes in attention. Our research presents significant findings on the density of UN HR discourse and its implications for two major debates in the field of HR law—HR proliferation and the structural critique of UN HR bodies.

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Human Rights Law Review Multiple-

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2.20

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： Launched in 2001, Human Rights Law Review seeks to promote awareness, knowledge, and discussion on matters of human rights law and policy. While academic in focus, the Review is also of interest to the wider human rights community, including those in governmental, inter-governmental and non-governmental spheres, concerned with law, policy, and fieldwork. The Review publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice of the UN and regional human rights systems.