What is the Role of Annual Human Rights Reviews? Examining Biases in U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights

Authors

Chad M. Kahl, Illinois State UniversityFollow
Stephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan University

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

4-22-2010

Keywords

human rights

Abstract

This paper examines biases in U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights through comparison of country profiles for Cuba, Egypt and Iran by Amnesty International (Amnesty International Report: The State of the World’s Human Rights) and Freedom House (Freedom in the World), especially post-9/11.

Funding Source

University Research Grant

Comments

This paper was presented at the 68th Annual Midwest Political Science Association National Conference at the Palmer Hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

Recommended Citation

Kahl, Chad M. and Davis-Kahl, Stephanie, "What is the Role of Annual Human Rights Reviews? Examining Biases in U.S. Department of State’s Country Reports on Human Rights" (2010). Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library. 206.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpml/206