The Life and Times of Human Rights Organizations: Organizational Biographies and the Sociology of Human Rights

Dudai, Ron

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“…Scholarly attention to the lived experiences of those claiming human rights and their real-world interactions (Dudai, 2019) is essential. In this inquiry, it is contended that "due attention must be paid to the social actors involved in the creation of rights if we are to fully understand rights regimes" (Short, 2009: 96;Dudai, 2023) alongside prioritising rights and regulations. Recognising a broader range of actors that encounter, resist, strategically employ and engage with human rights theories and practices in their various activities (Merry, 2006) aligns with the practice turn observed in wider IR scholarship.…”

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State-Centrism in International Relations: Examining the Construction of Nonstate Collective Actors in Human Rights Scholarship

Hedžet

2023

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This article addresses the deficiency in the area of human rights scholarship in International Relations (IR) by examining the theoretical advancements in IR theory that have led to the emergence of non-state collective actors as a pertinent research topic. It provides a review of the trajectory of the constructivist theoretical approach, which has brought major advancements in how international non-state actors are conceptualised in the human rights IR literature. This considers the limitations and implications of side-lining collective non-state actors within IR theory, arguing that expanding the theoretical understanding of how different collective actors are constituted and attributed with agency can enrich IR human rights scholarship. The article also proposes a potential way forward with respect to non-state collective actors in human rights in IR by identifying a research programme based on practiceoriented approaches to help broaden the ability of scholars to foster interdisciplinary conversations. Expanding along these lines would bridge the existing boundaries within scholarly and disciplinary contexts. Keywords: non-state actors, state-centrism, collectives, international relations, human rights, international actors, constructivism

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State-Centrism in International Relations: Examining the Construction of Nonstate Collective Actors in Human Rights Scholarship

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2023

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“…Campaigners may also think that such progressive rhetoric emboldens and mobilizes activists (Prokosch, 2018). General studies of human rights organizations have shown that activists' private sentiments can be more nuanced than their public pronouncements (Dudai, 2023b). Nevertheless, this research examines the public discourse and its implications, including unintended consequences, and argues that the progressive rhetoric needs to be reassessed, whether it is based on tactical assumptions or on debatable interpretations of trends by researchers committed to abolition.…”

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Dead or alive? Reassessing the health of the death penalty and the prospects of global abolition

Dudai

2023

Theoretical Criminology

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There is a growing position among human rights advocates, academics and UN officials, predicting “the death of the death penalty”, and forecasting that it will completely disappear soon. This article questions and problematizes this prediction, exploring the assumptions, premises and gaps that underpin the optimistic outlook. Based on analysis of abolitionist discourse, three fallacies are identified and analyzed: a progressive fallacy, assuming the death penalty is a barbaric anachronism in the “civilized” modern world and displaying a teleological belief in its demise; a classificatory fallacy, entailing defining-down the prevalence of the death penalty through the category of “de-facto abolition”; and a functional fallacy, assuming that repudiating the death penalty as a crime-fighting tool will cause its demise, overlooking its transformation into an institution serving political-symbolic functions. In concluding, I suggest viewing the global death penalty as bifurcated: dying as an ordinary law-enforcement tool, but relatively healthy as an extraordinary political symbol.

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Revisiting ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Practice’: Introduction to the Special Collection

Gready

2023

Journal of Human Rights Practice

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The Life and Times of Human Rights Organizations: Organizational Biographies and the Sociology of Human Rights

Cited by 3 publications

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State-Centrism in International Relations: Examining the Construction of Nonstate Collective Actors in Human Rights Scholarship

State-Centrism in International Relations: Examining the Construction of Nonstate Collective Actors in Human Rights Scholarship

Dead or alive? Reassessing the health of the death penalty and the prospects of global abolition

Revisiting ‘Human Rights’ and ‘Practice’: Introduction to the Special Collection

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