Human rights theater is better than no attention paid to human rights at all.<p>In particular the Helsinki Accords, which seemed empty when signed, seemed to wind up being influential a decade or so later. I&#x27;ve been sympathetic to human rights theater ever since.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Helsinki_Accords" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Helsinki_Accords</a>