Eric A. Posner
Martii Koskenniemi on Human Rights: An Empirical Perspective
Chicago Kent College of Law|University of Chicago
martii koskenniemi argues human rights law indeterminate arguments based human rights unavoidably reflect policy preferences speaker connect argument empirical evidence failure international human rights treaties improve human rights countries ratified argue many features human rights regime celebrated lawyers large number treaties vast number rights large amount institutionalization involvement ngos actually reflect failure regime governments tolerate developments add indeterminacy legal regime freeing act public interest motivated