After the Pressure: When Do Civil and Political Rights Improve After Sanctions Are Lifted?

• In Event: New Data and New Methods in Human Rights Research

Brief Overview

This paper examines human rights conditions in the post-sanction period. The main research question is: Do civil and political rights improve after economic sanctions are lifted, and under what conditions does such recovery occur?

Authors

• Dongan Tan, Texas Tech University

• Hoan La, Texas Tech University