s Do military alliances promote human rights? Scholars and practitioners generally believe they do not because states form alliances largely to advance their strategic interests and thus are not interested in members' domestic policies. I claim that some states may care about their allies' human rights practices. Specifically, democracies are concerned that alliance relationships with rights-abusing governments harm their reputation, and thus urge their allies to improve human rights. However, this rights-promoting motivation is constrained because democracies also need to preserve alliance partnerships with governments that may rely on repression for their internal security. Empirical analyses of alliance relationships between democracies and autocracies provide support for this argument. Autocracies with a powerful democratic ally implement relatively advanced human rights protection; however, this association becomes weaker as the risk of domestic conflict becomes higher. These findings suggest the importance of considering democratic allies in the international promotion of human rights.

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人权促进和民主盟友


军事联盟促进人权吗？学者和从业者普遍认为他们不会，因为国家结盟主要是为了促进其战略利益，因此对成员国的国内政策不感兴趣。我声称一些国家可能关心其盟友的人权实践。具体来说，民主国家担心与侵犯人权的政府的联盟关系会损害其声誉，因此敦促其盟友改善人权。然而，这种促进人权的动机受到限制，因为民主国家也需要与可能依赖镇压来维护其内部安全的政府的联盟伙伴关系。对民主国家和专制国家之间联盟关系的实证分析为这一论点提供了支持。拥有强大民主盟友的专制国家实施相对先进的人权保护;然而，随着家庭冲突的风险越来越高，这种关联会变得更弱。这些发现表明，在国际促进人权方面考虑民主盟友的重要性。