ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTON
<p class="first" id="d145806e75">This article analyses the Human Rights dimension of US policy through the case study of US policy toward Cuba and concludes that US policy toward Cuba is not designed to further Human Rights. The article evaluates US...
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| author | Arturo López-Levy Harlan S. Abrahams |
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| description | <p class="first" id="d145806e75">This article analyses the Human Rights dimension of US policy through the case study
of US policy toward Cuba and concludes that US policy toward Cuba is not designed
to further Human Rights. The article evaluates US policy toward Cuba by comparing
and contrasting it with the principal theories and international norms of Human Rights
and Human Rights foreign policy (Donnelly, Forsythe, and Koh). It also compares US
policy toward Cuba with some concrete cases of US policies in which Human Rights improvements
occurred. In terms of methods and conceptions, the paper reviews the 'all-or-nothing'
approach and priorities of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad)
Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton law) and its implementation. The paper concludes that the
Human Rights component of US policy toward Cuba is minimal at best. US policy toward
Cuba was not conceived to improve Human Rights on the island but to appease domestic
constituencies through an agenda of property claims and Cold War anticommunist symbolism.
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| spelling | doaj.art-40ab083734a448feb442016c172b9a0e2023-05-12T08:46:43ZengPluto JournalsInternational Journal of Cuban Studies1756-34611756-347X2010-09-0123/431533410.2307/41945910ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTONArturo López-LevyHarlan S. Abrahams<p class="first" id="d145806e75">This article analyses the Human Rights dimension of US policy through the case study of US policy toward Cuba and concludes that US policy toward Cuba is not designed to further Human Rights. The article evaluates US policy toward Cuba by comparing and contrasting it with the principal theories and international norms of Human Rights and Human Rights foreign policy (Donnelly, Forsythe, and Koh). It also compares US policy toward Cuba with some concrete cases of US policies in which Human Rights improvements occurred. In terms of methods and conceptions, the paper reviews the 'all-or-nothing' approach and priorities of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton law) and its implementation. The paper concludes that the Human Rights component of US policy toward Cuba is minimal at best. US policy toward Cuba was not conceived to improve Human Rights on the island but to appease domestic constituencies through an agenda of property claims and Cold War anticommunist symbolism. </p>https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.2307/41945910 |
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| title | ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTON |
| title_full | ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTON |
| title_fullStr | ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTON |
| title_full_unstemmed | ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTON |
| title_short | ANYTHING BUT HUMAN RIGHTS: US POLICY TOWARDS CUBA UNDER HELMS-BURTON |
| title_sort | anything but human rights us policy towards cuba under helms burton |
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