ABSTRACT Under what conditions are regional human rights courts effective? I argue that in order for regional human rights courts to be effective, they should deter future human rights abuses and this is more likely when the executive adopts and implements rights-respecting policy in response to adverse regional court decisions. When the executive expects the domestic judiciary to implement regional human rights court orders, the executive also expects to face domestic pressure for failing to make policy changes despite domestic judicial implementation of regional court orders. However, the domestic judiciary does not implement regional court orders with equal probability. Domestic judicial power (independence and effectiveness) increases the ability and willingness of the domestic judiciary to implement regional court orders, and subsequently increases the likelihood that the executive adopts and implements comprehensive human rights policy. Using data on adverse judgments from the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights, I find that regional human rights courts are more likely to be effective in the presence of a strong domestic judiciary.

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国内政治与区域人权法院的效力

摘要地区性人权法院在什么条件下有效？我认为，为了使区域人权法院行之有效，它们应该制止未来的侵犯人权行为，而在行政部门针对不利的区域法院判决采取和实施尊重人权的政策时，这种可能性更大。当行政长官期望国内司法部门执行区域人权法院命令时，行政长官还期望面对国内压力，尽管国内司法部门已执行了区域法院命令，但未能做出政策变更。但是，国内司法机构并没有以相同的可能性执行地区法院的命令。国内司法权（独立性和有效性）提高了国内司法机构执行区域法院命令的能力和意愿，随后增加了行政人员采用和实施全面人权政策的可能性。利用欧洲和美洲人权法院不利判决的数据，我发现，在拥有强大的国内司法机构的情况下，区域人权法院更有可能发挥作用。