The UN Human Rights Treaty System

Implementation of Recommendations in South Korea and Japan
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-65609-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 514 g

Reihe: Law and Change

Through a use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, Won provides a nuanced analysis and discussion of the factors and domestic processes influencing the implementation of United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) recommendations in South Korea and Japan, as well as across the globe.

Won’s research entangles the theoretical debate on whether the UN human rights treaty system is effective in prompting the implementation of HRC recommendations. Based on interviews with activists, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other practitioners in South Korea and Japan, her findings reveal contrasting domestic dynamics: South Korea's vibrant institutional landscape enables more active implementation, while Japan's stable but centralized political system leads to more incremental change. In addition, Won creates a novel empirical dataset to assess the key variables associated with improvement in human rights action across 103 countries. The findings suggest that institutional mechanisms enhance implementation in new democracies, while civil society plays a crucial role even in authoritarian regimes. Ultimately, frequent and constructive dialogue between states, treaty bodies, and civil society, supported by institutional protections, is key to turning recommendations into human rights change.

A unique empirical analysis of international human rights action as driven by UN recommendations, this book will be of interest to scholars and students of international law, human rights, and international relations, as well as human rights lawyers and the NGO Human Rights Communities.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Won, Yoomin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Author

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

List of Abbreviations

Part I: Overview

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Do Human Rights Treaties Work?

Chapter 3. Human Rights Recommendations

Chapter 4. Did States Implement Recommendations?

Part II: Stories from Japan and South Korea

Chapter 5. Human Rights Issues in Japan

Chapter 6. Human Rights Issues in South Korea

Chapter 7. Comparing Japan and South Korea

Part III: Global Data Analysis

Chapter 8. Testing Statistically

Chapter 9. Conclusion

Bibliography

Appendix I. Recommendations for South Korea and Japan

Appendix II. Codebook

Appendix III. Result of ordinal logistic regression

Über Autor(innen)

Yoomin Won is Associate Professor at Seoul National University. Her research interests include international human rights law and domestic application.