Introducing Principled Engagement

Morten B. Pedersen & David Kinley (eds), PRINCIPLED ENGAGEMENT: NEGOTIATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN REPRESSIVE STATES, Ashgate, Forthcoming

15 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2013

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Morten Pedersen

University of New South Wales (Canberra)

David Kinley

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law; Doughty Street Chambers

Date Written: March 26, 2013

Abstract

Debates over how to promote human rights in grossly repressive states have tended to pit those seeking to enforce international norms through punitive sanctions, mainly focusing on political freedoms, against others favouring non-interventionist approaches that seek to facilitate longer-term internally-driven change by opening such countries up through trade, investment and economic development. Our concept of Principled Engagement delineates a third way, which emphasises engagement with repressive rulers and their agents, as well as broader groups in society, to alleviate concrete human rights violations and improve the structural framework for human rights protection. This approach relies on non-coercive pressure and support rather than punishment, yet works pro-actively to identify the shortcomings of existing systems, promote better policies and practices and strengthen domestic forces for change. In this introductory chapter, we seek to further flesh out what we mean by Principled Engagement by comparing it to the alternatives.

Keywords: Human rights, international statecraft, principled engagement

Suggested Citation

Pedersen, Morten and Kinley, David, Introducing Principled Engagement (March 26, 2013). Morten B. Pedersen & David Kinley (eds), PRINCIPLED ENGAGEMENT: NEGOTIATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN REPRESSIVE STATES, Ashgate, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2240011

Morten Pedersen (Contact Author)

University of New South Wales (Canberra) ( email )

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David Kinley

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )

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The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia

Doughty Street Chambers ( email )

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London WC1N 2PL
United Kingdom

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