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題 名 | Impacts of International Human Rights Regime on International Relations after the September 11th Event |
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作 者 | 周志杰; | 書刊名 | 政治學報 |
卷 期 | 36 2003.12[民92.12] |
頁 次 | 頁191-228 |
分類號 | 578.12 |
關鍵詞 | International human rights regimes; International conventions; International relations; International organizations; The 9/11 event; Multilateralism; |
語 文 | 英文(English) |
英文摘要 | One of the important developments in a post-Cold War global transformation has been the increased institutionalization of human rights as an important constraint on the behaviors of nation states through the emergency of international human rights regimes. This reflected a growing need to place further restrictions on the legitimate use of force on the international level. However, recent United States-led military operations against terrorism after the September 11th event have seemingly undermined this trend. Hence, this study assesses the effects of international human rights regime on international relations after the event by focusing on the relationship between international human rights conventions, the use of forces, and power realignment in the international relations. The analysis firstly argues that human rights will continue to play an important role in interstate relations because they constitute political legitimacy and a source of social power for some state actors, particular middle power states. Second, international interest in humanitarian affairs diminished after the September 11th event revealed the issue that international human rights norms allowed only for an extremely narrow definition of the terms by which the use of force could be internationally legitimated and sanctioned. These terms constrained the actions of the hegemonic power (United States) to a large degree. Third, a tension is therefore emerging between middle powers and the hegemonic power, because the latter benefits from a weakening of human rights norms governing the legitimate use of force while the former benefits from their strengthening through multilateral processes within the structure of international human rights regimes. This tension will be continually dependent on each state’s perceived security and geopolitical interests. |
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