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@book{1380832, author = {Smekal, Hubert and Šipulová, Katarína and Pospíšil, Ivo and Janovský, Jozef and Kilian, Petr}, address = {Brno}, edition = {1.}, keywords = {Human rights; Czech Republic; Slovakia; international treaties; democracy; ratifications}, howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"}, language = {eng}, location = {Brno}, isbn = {978-80-210-8435-3}, publisher = {Masarykova univerzita}, title = {Making Sense of Human Rights Commitments: A Study of Two Emerging European Democracies}, year = {2016} }
TY - BOOK ID - 1380832 AU - Smekal, Hubert - Šipulová, Katarína - Pospíšil, Ivo - Janovský, Jozef - Kilian, Petr PY - 2016 TI - Making Sense of Human Rights Commitments: A Study of Two Emerging European Democracies VL - Spisy Právnické fakulty MU (řada teoretická), edition Scientia, sv. 578 PB - Masarykova univerzita CY - Brno SN - 9788021084353 KW - Human rights KW - Czech Republic KW - Slovakia KW - international treaties KW - democracy KW - ratifications N2 - What motivates states to commit to international human rights treaties remains a contested question in political and legal science. Many tentative explanations for the observed variation in ratification patterns have been proposed. Some are based on the content of the treaties (the substance of the protected rights and the control mechanisms), others are tied to external factors (having originated either from pressure of the international community or within the domestic political system). In any case, empirical evidence supporting the proposed hypotheses remains rather scarce and overall knowledge about the reasons for signing and ratifying treaties is inconclusive. We aim to contribute to the scholarly discussion by providing a new and thorough examination of the commitment practices in two post-communist countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and also in their common predecessors, the undemocratic illiberal Czechoslovakia and then the transitioning Czechoslovak Federation. While both new countries have experienced very similar international development that is propelled by the same international incentives and constraints, their internal political experience differs significantly. It is those differences which make these countries promising and productive ‘laboratories’ for investigation. ER -
SMEKAL, Hubert, Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ, Ivo POSPÍŠIL, Jozef JANOVSKÝ and Petr KILIAN. \textit{Making Sense of Human Rights Commitments: A Study of Two Emerging European Democracies}. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016, 312 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty MU (řada teoretická), edition Scientia, sv. 578. ISBN~978-80-210-8435-3.
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