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The location of international practices: what is human rights practice

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posted on 2023-06-08, 15:27 authored by David KarpDavid Karp
This article opens up space to challenge state-centrism about human rights practice. To do so, it presents and critically assesses four methods that can be used to determine who and/or what counts as a part of any international practice: the agreement method, which locates a practice by referring to speech acts that define it; the contextual method, which locates a practice by referring to the actions, meanings, and intentions of practitioners; the value method, which locates a practice by identifying a value or principle that the practice reflects or instantiates; and the purpose method, which locates a practice by constructing an account of the sociopolitical reason(s) for a practice’s existence. The purpose method, based on an interpretation of Rawls’ constructivism, is developed, in a way that focuses on practitioners’ judgement-based reasons to assign responsibility for human rights to any state or non-state actor.

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  • Published

Journal

Review of International Studies

ISSN

1468-2486

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Issue

4

Volume

39

Page range

969-992

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  • International Relations Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2013-07-26

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