Human rights prosecutions and autocratic survival
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- dc.contributor.author Escribà-Folch, Abel
- dc.contributor.author Wright, Joseph (Joseph George), 1976-
- dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-16T08:23:37Z
- dc.date.available 2021-06-16T08:23:37Z
- dc.date.issued 2015
- dc.description.abstract Do human rights prosecutions deter dictatorships from relinquishing power? Advances in the study of human rights show that prosecutions reduce repression in transition countries. However, prosecuting officials for past crimes may jeopardize the prospects of regime change in countries that have not transitioned, namely dictatorships. The creation of the International Criminal Court has further revitalized this debate. This article assesses how human rights prosecutions influence autocratic regime change in neighboring dictatorships. We argue that when dictators and their elite supporters can preserve their interests after a regime transition, human rights prosecutions are less likely to deter them from leaving power. Using personalist dictatorship as a proxy for weak institutional guarantees of posttransition power, the evidence indicates that these regimes are less likely to democratize when their neighbors prosecute human rights abusers. In other dictatorships, however, neighbor prosecutions do not deter regimes from democratizing.en
- dc.description.sponsorship This research is supported by NSF-BCS #0904478.
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- dc.identifier.citation Escribà-Folch A, Wright J. Human rights prosecutions and autocratic survival. Int Organ. 2015 Feb 11;69(2):343-73. DOI: 10.1017/S0020818314000484
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0020818314000484
- dc.identifier.issn 0020-8183
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47903
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
- dc.relation.ispartof International Organization. 2015 Feb 11;69(2):343-73
- dc.rights © Cambridge University Press. The published version of the article: Escribà-Folch A, Wright J. Human rights prosecutions and autocratic survival. Int Organ. 2015 Feb 11;69(2):343-73 is available at https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818314000484
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- dc.title Human rights prosecutions and autocratic survivalen
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