Advice but no Consent: Ratification of Human Rights Treaties in the U.S. Senate

• In Event: U.S. Foreign Policy Making: The Congress and Think Tanks

Brief Overview

The U.S. falls within the bottom five states internationally in human rights treaty ratifications. What role does the U.S. senate play in this phenomenon? And what lessons can we derive from treaty construction in delaying or obstructing consent?

Author

• Ryan William Frazier, University of Maryland-College Park