Abstract
Governments command a great number of instruments that can be used to influence other governments’ policy. Such instruments vary roughly from ‘making a friendly request’ to military intervention. Between these two extremes lie many possibilities. In academic literature, various lists of such instruments have been developed.1 Governments use certain instruments to try to influence the policy behaviour of other governments. Such instruments are used for foreign policy in general, but are also applied to promote respect for the promotion and protection of human rights. This chapter deals with actions by governments to bring about improvements of the human rights situation elsewhere.
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Baehr, P.R., Castermans-Holleman, M. (2004). Policy Instruments. In: The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403944030_4
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