My research broadly investigates how states create, change, and comply with international human rights law.   I am interested in the dynamics during international negotiations as well as how states remove legal obligations through legal technicalities such as reservations and derogations.  An additional thread of my research examines peacekeeper sexual exploitation and abuse and how individuals engage with international human rights law . 

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Publications


Book

Comstock, Audrey L. 2021. Committed to Rights: UN Human Rights Treaties and Legal Paths for Commitment and Compliance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108908979


Journal Articles

Comstock, Audrey L., and Andrea Vilán. 2022. Looking Beyond Ratification: Autocrats’ International Engagement with Women’s Rights. Part of the  symposium “Gender Equality and Authoritarian Regimes International and Comparative Perspectives” edited by Sarah Bush and Pär Zetterberg. Politics & Gender. (Accepted). 

Comstock, Audrey L. 2022. Legislative Veto Players and Human Rights Treaty Signature Timing. Forthcoming at  Journal of Legislative Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2022.2122198. Pre-proof version available here. 

Comstock, Audrey L. 2021. Negotiated Rights: UN Treaty Negotiation, Socialization, and Human Rights . Journal of Human Rights 4(21): 463-84.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14754835.2021.2014794 .    Pre-proof version available here 

Comstock, Audrey L. 2019. Adjusted Ratification:  A Call for Deeper Understanding and Analysis of Post-Commitment Actions to UN Human Rights Treaties.  Human Rights Review 20(1): 23-34.

Audrey L. Comstock. 2016. Gay Rights, Foreign Aid, and Africa: A Look at Nigeria and Uganda. The Journal of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Development: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 2. (Earlier version nominated for the 2014 APSA LGBT Caucus Award for Best Paper)


Book Chapter

Comstock, Audrey L. 2019. “Domestic Legal Institutions and International Law: The UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Netherlands”, book chapter  in Research Handbook on Law and Courts, eds. Susan Sterett and Lee Walker. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.


Public Facing Scholarship

Report exposes U.N. camp abuses, but research shows justice is elusive. Washington Post Monkey Cage. 

Biden said he’ll work to advance transgender rights. Here are 4 things to know. What is the state of transgender rights and protections in the U.S. and internationally?  Washington Post Monkey Cage (with Kassie Miller)

U.S. cities and states want to implement the Paris climate accord goals. It’s not that simple.  Washington Post Monkey Cage




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