Spilker, Gabriele; Böhmelt, Tobias - In: The Review of International Organizations 8 (2013) 3, pp. 343-361
Previous research suggests that most treaties are ineffective in ensuring countries’ compliance with human rights … standards. It has been argued, however, that preferential trade agreements (PTAs) including ‘hard’ human rights standards can … withhold economic benefits and, thus, can have a real potential to substantially reduce human rights violations. The following …