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37 Hum. Rts. Q. 579 (2015)
Ratification, Reporting, and Rights: Quality of Participation in the Convention against Torture

handle is hein.journals/hurq37 and id is 595 raw text is: HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY Ratification, Reporting, and Rights: Quality of Participation in the Convention against Torture Cosette D. Creamer* & Beth A. Simmons** ABSTRACT The core international human rights treaty bodies play an important role in monitoring implementation of human rights standards through consideration of states parties' reports. Yet very little research explores how seriously governments take their reporting obligations. This article examines the reporting record of parties to the Convention against Torture, finding that report submission is heavily conditioned by the practices of neighboring countries and by a government's human rights commitment and institu- tional capacity. This article also introduces original data on the quality and responsiveness of reports, finding that more democratic-and particularly newly democratic-governments tend to render higher quality reports. 1. INTRODUCTION The ratification of international human rights treaties provokes commentary and analysis by policymakers, lawyers, advocates, and academics alike. Some * Cosette D. Creamer holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Government, Harvard University. ** Beth A. Simmons is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government, Harvard University. For helpful feedback, the authors would like to thank Christopher Fariss, Katerina Linos, Yonatan Lupu, Gerald Neuman, Kathryn Sikkink, and participants in the WCFIA-HLS Inter- national Law-International Relations Workshop, the Conference on the Domestic Politics of International Human Rights Agreements held at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, and the Human Rights and Constitutionalism thematic working group at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law and Norwegan Centre for Human Rights. The authors also thank Diana Li for providing invaluable research assistance. Human Rights Quarterly 37 (2015) 579-608 C 2015 by Johns Hopkins University Press

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