Exploring civil society perspectives on the situation of human rights defenders in the Commonwealth of Independent States

Chaney, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2110-0436 2023. Exploring civil society perspectives on the situation of human rights defenders in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Central Asian Survey 42 (2) , pp. 293-318. 10.1080/02634937.2022.2113034

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Abstract

This first pan-regional analysis of civil society organizations’ perspectives on the contemporary situation of human rights defenders (HRDs) in the Commonwealth of Independent States uses United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review (UPR) data and reveals a shrinking civil space as HRDs face a raft of rights pathologies, including threats, violence and murder. Their work is curtailed by increasing state restrictions on freedom of association and expression. The analysis reveals how women HRDs are particularly subject to discrimination and gender-based oppression. The malaise is compounded by impunity for offenders, corruption and government inaction following earlier UPR recommendations. The findings are theorized with reference to Weissbrodt’s causal typology and Hollyer and Rosendorf’s model of authoritarian government treaty accession.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Wales Institute of Social & Economic Research, Data & Methods (WISERD)
Publisher:	Taylor and Francis Group
ISSN:	0263-4937
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	29 September 2022
Date of Acceptance:	6 August 2022
Last Modified:	03 Aug 2023 16:28
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/152964

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