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40 Hum. Rts. Q. 932 (2018)
Decoupling International Agreements from Domestic Policy: The State and Soft Repression

handle is hein.journals/hurq40 and id is 954 raw text is: HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY Decoupling International Agreements from Domestic Policy: The State and Soft Repression Kathleen M. Fallon, Anna-Liisa Aunio, & Jessica Kim ABSTRACT Despite a dramatic expansion in states' adoption of UN agreements to protect human rights, these efforts often fail to deliver on the full promise of compliance within national contexts. In this paper, we examine the process and mechanisms behind this hypocrisy paradox-when states sign onto yet fail to comply with international agreements. Borrowing from repression and social movement literature, we identify one central process that states draw on to avoid garnering international condemnation while maintaining non-compliance nationally: soft repression. We highlight two mechanisms of soft repression: the mobilization of state resources (work- ing at the macro-level to silence activists) and counterframing techniques (working at the meso-level to stigmatize activists and their goals). Using Kathleen M. Fallon, Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University, studies political sociology, international development, and gender studies. Specifically, she focuses on women's social movements, women's rights, women's health, and democracy within sub-Saharan Africa, as well as across developing countries. She has done in-depth field research within Ghana, examining the influence of democratization on women's rights and the emergence of the women's movement. Through comparative analyses across developing countries, she has also researched topics tied to democratic transitions, women's political representation, women's activism, and maternity leave policies. She received her Ph.D. at Indiana University. Anna-Liisa Aunio, Department of Sociology, Dawson College; Loyola Sustainability Research Centre, Concordia University, studies political sociology, social movements, social and en- vironmental policy, and NGOs. Her current work focuses on multilateral governance and policy in food systems. She received her Ph.D. at McGill University. Jessica Kim, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University, is a political sociologist studying issues of democratization, global norm diffusion, and public opinion. Her current work examines the emergence of democracy and democracy assistance as a global norm and its impact on governance. Human Rights Quarterly 40 (2018) 932-961 © 2018 by Johns Hopkins University Press

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