Can international law protect abortion rights? Drawing from past work on domestic mechanisms that give international law teeth, we argue that a strong civil society composed of women’s groups and
Jun 2025
International Human Rights Law and Women’s Access to Abortion
Can international law protect abortion rights? Drawing from past work on domestic mechanisms that give international law teeth, we argue that a strong civil society composed of women’s groups and
May 2025
Human rights measurement refers to the processes by which one can take the abstract concepts that are human rights and transform them into quantitative indicators that are valid, reliable, and
May 2024
A comparative assessment of composite measures of human rights performance
How should the realization of human rights be quantified? Since World War II, international human rights treaties have become the foundation of international conceptualizations of human rights. These treaties create
Aug 2023
Evaluating the determinants of support for police militarization among officers
We evaluate the determinants of officer support for their agency participating in the 1033 Program: a program that facilitates the flow of military hardware to local law enforcement agencies. In
Jul 2023
Does Police Militarization Increase Repression?
Does police militarization influence government use of repression? While comparative work examines police militarization, violence, human rights abuses, and torture, it does not integrate militarized police within existing theories of
Jun 2023
The power of Lakshmi: monetary incentives for raising a girl
Worldwide, 1.6 million girls are “missing” at birth every year. One policy tool to improve the sex ratio is a conditional cash transfer that pays parents to invest in daughters,
May 2023
The annual US State Department Country Reports on Human Rights Practices represents one of the principal data sources used to generate multiple commonly used human rights measures. Despite the frequency
May 2023
Why do states engage in violence against marginalized social groups? State violence is typically explained as a calculated response to dissent or as a means of preventing dissent. However, many
May 2023
The Potential Implications of Economic and Social Rights for Sovereign Debt Investing
This paper discusses both the relevance of economic and social rights (ESRs) for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in the sovereign debt asset class and how to start incorporating
