Replication Data for: Domestic Politics and the Effectiveness of Regional Human Rights Courts

Under what conditions are regional human rights courts effective? I argue that in order for a regional human rights court to be effective, they should deter future human rights abuses and this is more likely when the executive adopts and implements rights-respecting policy in response to adverse regional court decisions. When the executive expects the domestic judiciary to implement regional human rights court orders, the executive also expects to face domestic pressure for failing to make policy changes despite domestic judicial implementation of regional court orders. However, the domestic judiciary does not implement regional court orders with equal probability. Domestic judicial power (independence and effectiveness) increases the ability and willingness of the domestic judiciary to implement regional court orders, and subsequently increases the likelihood that the executive adopts and implements comprehensive human rights policy. Using data on adverse judgments from the European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights, I find that regional human rights courts are more likely to be effective in the presence of a strong domestic judiciary.区域人权法院（regional human rights courts）在何种条件下方能发挥实效？本文主张，若要使区域人权法院产生实效，其需能够威慑未来的人权侵犯行为；而当行政部门（executive）针对不利的区域法院判决采取并落实尊重人权的政策时，这一目标更易达成。当行政部门预期国内司法机构（domestic judiciary）会执行区域人权法院的命令时，即便国内司法机构已落实区域法院的判决，行政部门若未做出相应政策调整，仍将面临国内压力。然而，国内司法机构执行区域法院命令的概率并非均等：国内司法权（包括独立性与实效性）提升了其执行区域法院命令的能力与意愿，进而提高了行政部门采纳并落实全面人权政策的可能性。本文借助欧洲和美洲人权法院（European and Inter-American Courts of Human Rights）的不利判决数据开展实证研究，结果发现，当存在强大的国内司法机构时，区域人权法院更易发挥实效。