![]() Without HRO shaming, a bad or worsening human rights condition does not diminish the proportion of a population that believes their government respects human rights. The results largely support the article's contention: HROs are powerful conduits through which a population becomes informed of domestic human rights issues. These hypotheses are tested using an updated dataset on shaming by over 400 HROs, together with never-before-examined data from the World Values Survey on the public's opinion of human rights within a state. With increased HRO shaming of the state, however, a smaller proportion of people come to believe that their government respects human rights. ![]() Without this information, worsening governmental abuse of human rights alone will not lead to fewer people believing their government respects human rights. ![]() ![]() Do human rights international nongovernmental organizations (HROs) impact public opinion? This article argues that HROs provide information to citizens in repressive regimes about their government's human rights practices. ![]()
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