Replication Data for: Are International Human Rights Organizations Effective in Protecting Religious Freedom?

This paper examines whether international human rights organizations (HROs) influence the protection of religious freedom, and whether the effect is different on the protection of religious rights for institutions versus individuals. This study not only reveals the institutional and indi-vidual dimensions of religious restrictions with an exploratory factor analysis, but also uses fixed effects models to analyze cross-national time-series data covering 1990–2003. The results indicate that the domestic presence of HROs has a positive effect on reducing both aggregate reli-gious restrictions and the two dimensions of religious restrictions.

本文旨在探讨国际人权组织（Human Rights Organizations，HROs）是否会对宗教自由保护产生影响，且其对机构与个人的宗教权利保护的作用是否存在差异。本研究不仅通过探索性因子分析揭示了宗教限制的制度维度与个体维度，还采用固定效应模型对1990-2003年的跨国时间序列数据展开分析。研究结果表明，国际人权组织在研究样本国的本土存在，对降低总体宗教限制水平以及两类宗教限制维度均具有积极作用。