Negotiating sovereignty and human rights International society and the International Criminal Court.

Includes bibliographies and index.

9780719080098; 9780719080098; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The configuration of sovereignty and human rights; Sovereignty and human rights in International Relations theory; Sovereignty and human rights in International Relations theory; Re-reading the sovereignty and human rights debate; Re-reading the sovereignty and human rights debate; Sovereignty and human rights as contested concepts; Sovereignty and human rights as contested concepts; The discursive formation of sovereignty and human rights.

The discursive formation of sovereignty and human rightsMethodological approach; Methodological approach; 3. The legalistic discourse; The underlying narrative of legalism: a progressive world order based on law; The ICC, states and individuals; Sovereignty and human rights; Conclusion; 4. The interventionist discourse; The narrative of interventionism: power politics provide for international order; The ontological underpinnings of interventionism: states, individuals and the supra-state level; Conditional sovereignty and the enforcement of human rights; Conclusion.

5. The sovereigntist discourseThe narrative of sovereigntism: coexistence and the constitutional order of states; Accountability within the framework of constitutional structures; The ontological features of the sovereigntist discourse: the predominance of states; Constitutional sovereignty as the appropriate framework for the implementation of human rights; Conclusion; 6. The progressivist discourse; The narrative of progressivism: international order as 'democratic peace'; Ontological features of the progressivist discourse: individuals as members of civil society.

Popular sovereignty and the embedding of human rights into the concept of democracyConclusion; 7. Conclusion; The US position on the ICC: unilateralism, great power status or exceptionalism?; The power of discourses; International society: hegemony and anarchy; Appendix; References; Index.

Negotiating sovereignty and human rights takes the transatlantic conflict over the International Criminal Court as a lens for an enquiry into the normative foundations of international society. The author shows how the way in which actors refer to core norms of the international society such as sovereignty and human rights affect the process and outcome of international negotiations. The book offers an innovative take on the long-standing debate over sovereignty and human rights in international relations. It goes beyond the simple and sometimes ideological duality of sovereignty versus human r.

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