IO Institutional Design

Session Submission Type: Full Paper Panel

Session Description

This panel brings together a diverse group of scholars studying the institutional design of international organizations. These papers analyze a variety of global and regional institutions, including those focused on human rights—the Committee on the Rights of the Child and the Inter-American System—, the UN Security Council, and the Organization for American States. The papers explore the negotiation, design, and evolution (or lack thereof) of international institutions using a variety of methods, and all present compelling analysis of archival documents.

Rachel Schoner and Andrea Vilán explore the institutional evolution of the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of the Child. Giovanni Mantilla focuses on UN Security Council expansion. Bo Won Kim analyzes consensus norms of negotiations across two firearms agreements-- in the UN and the Organizations of American States. Finally, María-José Urzúa argues non-state actors are important catalysts for change in the Inter-American Human Rights System.

Sub Unit

• Division 17: International Collaboration

Individual Presentations

• Giving Children a Voice: Institutional Design & Evolution in the United Nations - Rachel Schoner, Tulane University; Andrea Vilan, American University

• Is One for All Good for All? How Consensus Norms Shape International Agreements - Bo Won Kim, University of Texas, Arlington

• The Changing Geopolitical Landscape for Support for Democracy - Jennie Barker, University of California-Berkeley

• Smoke and Mirrors: Denials, Norm Challenges, and Contested Noncompliance - Julia C. Morse, University of California, Santa Barbara; Tyler Pratt, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Chair

• Julia Gray University of Pennsylvania

Discussants

• Erin R. Graham University of Notre Dame

• Sabrina Beth Arias Lehigh University