International Human Rights Norms and Regional International Organizations [Essay] (Trees And Things)

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:59:08 EST

Let's take Burma, for example. You argue that it hasn't complied with international pressure because ASEAN is weak...

I'm sorry if I was unclear above, but that's not what I was arguing. I am arguing that internatio

port1080: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:24:19 EST
Will you at least allow that I cleared up the "puzzling" examples of Myanmar and Zimbabwe?
I don't agree - I think that your reasoning explains part of how they got away with what they did, but not the entirety. Let's take Burma, for e

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:44:53 EST
Will you at least allow that I cleared up the "puzzling" examples of Myanmar and Zimbabwe? And if so, can you come up with any other examples?

port1080: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:46:55 EST
the decline of European colonial power over the past century almost certainly has far more to do with the improved human rights situation than any international organization.
I agree, but that's not to say that IOs didn't have some impact abov

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:55:28 EST

I think the best argument comes out of the relative lack of willful human rights abuse compared to, say, a hundred years ago
Oh, and another thing: the will abuse of human rights within the United States (and many othe

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:37:28 EST

I think the best argument comes out of the relative lack of willful human rights abuse compared to, say, a hundred years ago
I don't know what metric you would use to make such a determination. But let's look at one major exa

port1080: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:15:13 EST
is similarly muddle-headed. Who, exactly, are the people who make this assumption? Have they ever been right?
There is a significant body of literature out there supporting this assertion. Some of it I find more convincing, some less. I thi

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 18:08:13 EST

I was trying to explain a puzzle (how weak states are able to avoid pressure by strong states to reform their human rights situations). I did that by arguing that regional IOs provide cover for these weak states, thus mediating criticism and

port1080: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 22:53:17 EST
You also wrote, "how can states develop if they faced the constant threat of interference from their neighbors?" That, of course, is the form of the excuse, and to the extent it is accepted (or believed) by other nations, post-colonial states or otherw

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:10:33 EST

I think you missed the context of that line...these regimes cover their actions by appealing to (seemingly) reasonable excuses, a tactic that makes it easier for them to get the blessing of sympathetic regional IOs
I noticed

port1080: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:30:49 EST
I think you missed the context of that line, or perhaps I didn't make it clear enough. In any case, that's exactly what my point was - that these regimes cover their actions by appealing to (seemingly) reasonable excuses, a tactic that makes it easier for

zyxwvutsr: Re: International Human Rights Norms and Regional

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 19:07:48 EST

Does it make sense to go to great extremes to protect the rights of a few when the masses can barely make enough money to survive? These norms of non-interference allow developing governments to operate with wide latitude, even when th

Steve Urkel: Re: a heartbreakign work of staggering genius

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 20:52:00 EST
If I was walking down the street and I some thugs attacking one guy in a wheelchair I would put myself at risk to defend him. But I'm not volunteering to fight to defend the countless number of people being persecuted in [insert name of favorite hellhole].

thefadd: Re: a heartbreakign work of staggering genius

Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:19:44 EST
1. Human rights is based on the principle that human life has inherent value. While the moorings of such a principle are based in many philosophies/religion, the reality is a bit more nuanced: not all human lives have equivalent value.
But "Hu

wetkarma: a heartbreakign work of staggering genius

Sun, 7 Oct 2007 11:40:54 EST
It would be improbable that in the course of a few minutes, I might comprehensively address the ideas raised in this essay. As I am a lazy person, I hope I'll be forgiven to making an attempt to cut to the heart of things.
1. Human rights is based on th