The human rights regime has stagnated despite universal rhetorical adoption
Evidence
Human rights is now common currency in the languages of many nations and in the languages of relations between nations … Few would say, however, that human rights are alive and well in all or most countries. Few would insist that the international effort has brought a substantial improvement in the welfare of many human beings. Even its staunch supporters have noted that international protection has faltered, perhaps even relapsed; that there is in fact a ‘crisis’ in human rights. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 446
Categorization
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: what evidence would establish whether international human rights efforts actually improved welfare in any measurable way?
- XREF: connects to: Human rights treaties succeed or fail over decades, not at ratification — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 7631; Human rights discourse flourished alongside welfare-state retrenchment and anti-revolutionary politics — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 8; International human rights rulings alone cannot force compliance without sustained monitoring and pressure — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 11171
Broader Connections
- Human rights treaties succeed or fail over decades, not at ratification
#expands(0.82) — , The Rod and the Child, 7631 - International human rights rulings alone cannot force compliance without sustained monitoring and pressure
#expands(0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 11171 - Human rights discourse flourished alongside welfare-state retrenchment and anti-revolutionary politics
#corroborates(0.78) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 8