The UN Human Rights Treaty System

Through a use of both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, Won provides a nuanced analysis and discussion of the factors and domestic processes influencing the implementation of United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) recommendations in South Korea and Japan, as well as across the globe.

Yoomin Won is Associate Professor at Seoul National University. Her research interests include international human rights law and domestic application.

About the Author List of Figures List of Tables Preface List of Abbreviations Part I: Overview Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Do Human Rights Treaties Work? Chapter 3. Human Rights Recommendations Chapter 4. Did States Implement Recommendations? Part II: Stories from Japan and South Korea Chapter 5. Human Rights Issues in Japan Chapter 6. Human Rights Issues in South Korea Chapter 7. Comparing Japan and South Korea Part III: Global Data Analysis Chapter 8. Testing Statistically Chapter 9. Conclusion Bibliography Appendix I. Recommendations for South Korea and Japan Appendix II. Codebook Appendix III. Result of ordinal logistic regression