Date of Award
Fall 12-14-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Dr. William Downs
Second Advisor
Dr. Jelena Subotic
Third Advisor
D. Charles Hankla
Abstract
Existing research on states and human rights focuses primarily on international treaty ratification, post-treaty rating systems, and ad hoc reports on adherence in individual countries. Additionally, the literature is characterized by disproportionate attention to certain rights to the neglect of others, thereby painting an incomplete and potentially inaccurate picture of a state’s practice and implementation of human rights. Consequently, the extant literature too frequently disregards key domestic and international factors as determinants of cross-national variation in the implementation and protection of human rights, and it instead generates paradoxical claims about human rights and state behavior. With Europe as its empirical focus, this study tests one assertion that state strength relative to societal actors impacts the frequency of cases heard at the European Court of Human Rights. Findings suggest that state strength indeed plays a role in the overall number of cases from member states in the European human rights system.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/2351324
Recommended Citation
Armendariz, Veronica S., "Paradox Lost: Explaining Cross-National Variation in Case Volume at the European Court of Human Rights." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/2351324