ABSTRACT Are human rights a core value of US foreign policy? If so, how does the United States enforce human rights standards? Extant studies maintain that mass media, public opinion, and/or political concerns drive US decisions to engage in humanitarian military interventions. In this study, we explore the extent to which “human rights institutionalization” through the State Department’s human rights reporting affects the likelihood of US humanitarian interventions. We find that human rights institutionalization is a viable, and perhaps even the best, explanation for the robust connection between human rights violations and deployment of the US military. These findings suggest that the United States is willing to undertake costly action to enforce international standards of human rights, but with some important caveats. Overall, we provide large-N, quantitative support for the broader shifts in US humanitarian intervention described by qualitative scholars and experts in US strategy and security policy.

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人权制度化和美国人道主义军事干预

摘要人权是美国外交政策的核心价值吗？如果是这样，美国如何执行人权标准？现有的研究认为，大众媒体，舆论和/或政治关注驱使美国做出参与人道主义军事干预的决定。在本研究中，我们探讨了通过国务院的人权报告进行的“人权制度化”在多大程度上影响了美国人道主义干预的可能性。我们发现，人权制度化是侵犯人权与部署美军之间牢固联系的一种可行甚至可能是最好的解释。这些调查结果表明，美国愿意采取代价高昂的行动来执行国际人权标准，但有一些重要的警告。总体，