Democracies, Human Rights, and Collective Action

There is, of course, another goal for a democracy caucus within the United Nations: that is, to support and celebrate the purposes and claims of democracy itself. It is a fact that nongovernmental organizations have taken up much of the work that would otherwise properly fall to democracies, including reporting on human rights violations, tainted elections, and the neglect of minorities and populations by their own governments. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]