The Politics of Human Rights Diplomacy

Anupama Ghosal and Sreeja Pal

Jadavpur Journal of International Relations, 2021, vol. 25, issue 1, 101-123

Abstract: The issue of Human Rights features as a prominent agenda of the United Nations and its related international organizations. However, when it comes to precise formulation of a country’s foreign policy in bilateral or multilateral forums, the issues of trade and national security find priority over pressing human rights violations occurring within the countries engaged in the diplomatic dialogue. An often-employed reason behind such an approach is the need to respect sovereignty and non-interference of a country in diplomacy. This article aims at analysing the potential which diplomacy holds to pressurize recalcitrant regimes to respect human rights. In doing so, the article tries to explore the ambit of Human Rights Diplomacy and the relationship between agenda of politics and human rights.

Keywords: Human rights diplomacy; humanitarian diplomacy; humanitarian foreign policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0973598420943437

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