Human rights/Tutorials

Linda Keith found that countries that ratified the civil rights treaty often had better human rights records than those that do not . Oona Hathaway also found that ratifying countries had better records than non-ratifying countries, but that ratification is sometimes associated with worse performance . Emilie Hafner-Burton and Kiyatero Tsutsui found that there were better human rights records in democracies, developed countries and countries whose citizens take part in civil rights movements. . Eric Neumayer found that ratification improved performance depending upon the extent of democracy and the strength of civil society .