Wherever the reader may sit on the spectrum of international relations theories, it should hold that whether a state complies with international human rights norms or not translates some other reality beyond the simple act of (non-)conformity. Focusing on such social meanings, constructivism allows to demonstrate how compliance is constitutive of normativity. We combine this constructivist approach with a jaded outlook in order to find out the role contestation, compliance’s cynical ugly twin, plays in normativity. This paper exploits empirical observations concerning contestation in order to address its normative implications, arguing that, up to a certain point contestation nourishes normativity as the norm is taken seriously enough to co...
First generation norm scholars treat the meaning of a norm as if it was clear-cut and static in orde...
This contribution examines the mechanisms for inducing compliance with international norms and rules...
Since its codification in 2005, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) remains one of the most hotly de...
Wherever the reader may sit on the spectrum of international relations theories, it should hold that...
Fragile States are defined as states incapable of fully implementing their international obligations...
This paper is part of an interdisciplinary project on 'Norm Robustness and Contestation', convened N...
How do we account for norm (non-)compliance in complex situations of global governance? Instead of e...
Le régime universel de protection des droits humains, développé sous l’égide des Nations Unies, est ...
Although scholars are increasingly able to explain why states (do not) comply with human rights trea...
Published 20 March 2020Although scholars are increasingly able to explain why states (do not) comply...
Dans un monde caractérisé par une multiplicité des lieux de production du droit, de plus en plus d’a...
The text looks into the conditions justifying the use of a social norm as the basis for establishing...
Norm scholars tend to treat norm contestation and acceptance as binary categories. This obscures var...
This article contributes to the burgeoning norms literature in international relations that conceptu...
While treaty norms only bind states that have explicitly consented to a treaty, the case is less cle...
First generation norm scholars treat the meaning of a norm as if it was clear-cut and static in orde...
This contribution examines the mechanisms for inducing compliance with international norms and rules...
Since its codification in 2005, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) remains one of the most hotly de...
Wherever the reader may sit on the spectrum of international relations theories, it should hold that...
Fragile States are defined as states incapable of fully implementing their international obligations...
This paper is part of an interdisciplinary project on 'Norm Robustness and Contestation', convened N...
How do we account for norm (non-)compliance in complex situations of global governance? Instead of e...
Le régime universel de protection des droits humains, développé sous l’égide des Nations Unies, est ...
Although scholars are increasingly able to explain why states (do not) comply with human rights trea...
Published 20 March 2020Although scholars are increasingly able to explain why states (do not) comply...
Dans un monde caractérisé par une multiplicité des lieux de production du droit, de plus en plus d’a...
The text looks into the conditions justifying the use of a social norm as the basis for establishing...
Norm scholars tend to treat norm contestation and acceptance as binary categories. This obscures var...
This article contributes to the burgeoning norms literature in international relations that conceptu...
While treaty norms only bind states that have explicitly consented to a treaty, the case is less cle...
First generation norm scholars treat the meaning of a norm as if it was clear-cut and static in orde...
This contribution examines the mechanisms for inducing compliance with international norms and rules...
Since its codification in 2005, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) remains one of the most hotly de...