The Effect of Transparency on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights' Compliance Rates Público
Romero, Alexia (2010)
Abstract
Despite states' acceptance of the jurisdiction of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights within the Western Hemisphere, many states fail to comply fully with its judgments (Cavallaro and Brewer 2007). Thus, this thesis focuses on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and seeks to understand the conditions in which states are more likely to implement judicial orders. A review of the literature on compliance tends to suggest that increased transparency can induce states to comply with judicial decisions (Vanberg 2005). This thesis tests this theory at the Inter-American Court using media coverage as a proxy for transparency. Specifically, I will evaluate whether increased media coverage is positively associated with compliance, especially as the level of democracy increases. If this theory is supported at the Inter-American Court, this will have profound implications for other human rights tribunals who may be able to use publicity as a means of inducing compliance.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION....................................................................................... 1
CARACAZO V. VENEZUELA........................................................................................ .2
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW............................................................................ ....6
FIGURE 1:...............................................................................................................12
HYPOTHESES...........................................................................................................13
Table 1: Summary of Theories and Hypotheses...............................................................13
CHAPTER 3: BACKGROUND...........................................................................................13
ORGANS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM....................................................................13
SUBMITTING A CASE TO COURT...................................................................................17
ADJUDICATION OF A CASE..........................................................................................20
COMPLIANCE WITH A JUDGMENT.......................................................................... .......23
CHAPTER 4: EMPIRICS: QUALITATIVE................................................................... ........24
THOSE INTERVIEWED.................................................................................................24
QUESTIONS ASKED....................................................................................................25
RESULTS..................................................................................................................26
Self Interest Theory:..................................................................................................26
Transparency............................................................................................................27
Public support...........................................................................................................28
Dissemination of Information.........................................................................................29
Drawbacks to transparency..........................................................................................36
CHAPTER 5: EMPIRICS-QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH........................................... .................38
TABLE 2: AVERAGE POLITY SCORES...............................................................................41
DEPENDENT VARIABLE-COMPLIANCE...............................................................................41
INDEPENDENT VARIABLES.............................................................................................42
Table 3: Fairness of Proceedings...................................................................................43
Table 4: Difficulty of Compliance...................................................................................44
Table 5: Third Party Participation in favor of plaintiff.........................................................46
MEASURING MEDIA COVERAGE............................................................................. .........47
Table 6: Media Coverage Distribution..............................................................................50
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS............................................................................................ ..50
Table 7: Cross tabulation of compliance and regime type................................................. ..51
Table 8: Interaction between democracy and media coverage.............................................51
Table 9: Predicted probabilities of compliance...................................................................52
Table 10: Compliance with IACHR judicial orders................................................................53
Figure 2: Predicted Probability of Compliance................................................................. ..58
CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION.............................................................................................58
FIGURE 3...................................................................................................................59
WORKS CITED.............................................................................................................63
APPENDIX A:...............................................................................................................72
APPENDIX B…………………………………………………………………………….................................................73
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