TY - UNPB
T1 - Still Tools of Repression? Re-Assessing the Effect of Arms Imports on Physical Integrity Rights
AU - Pfaff, Katharina Gabriela
AU - Brender, Agnes
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Small arms and light weapons (SALWs) imports have been found to be linked to a worsening of human rights conditions in the importing state. In this paper, we re-examine the relationship of government’s SALW imports and the decision to engage in violations of physical integrity rights using updated and more reliable repression data as well as proposing a different estimation strategy. Analyzing physical integrity rights violations and SALW imports of 176 countries from 1991 to 2010, empirical results indicate that SALW imports have a negative impact on respect for physical integrity rights. When disaggregating findings by regime type, we find that SALW imports in autocracies are associated with more repression, while we have mixed results for democracies.
AB - Small arms and light weapons (SALWs) imports have been found to be linked to a worsening of human rights conditions in the importing state. In this paper, we re-examine the relationship of government’s SALW imports and the decision to engage in violations of physical integrity rights using updated and more reliable repression data as well as proposing a different estimation strategy. Analyzing physical integrity rights violations and SALW imports of 176 countries from 1991 to 2010, empirical results indicate that SALW imports have a negative impact on respect for physical integrity rights. When disaggregating findings by regime type, we find that SALW imports in autocracies are associated with more repression, while we have mixed results for democracies.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10419/190323
M3 - Working Paper/Preprint
T3 - ILE Working Paper Series
BT - Still Tools of Repression? Re-Assessing the Effect of Arms Imports on Physical Integrity Rights
ER -