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Salla Huikuri - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Philippines’ Late Ratification of the Rome Statute
The Institutionalization of the International Criminal Court, 2018Co-Authors: Salla HuikuriAbstract:This chapter describes how the Philippine legislative, the congress, civil society, and the EU kept on pleading President Arroyo to join the ICC, unsuccessfully. While human rights violations, committed under Arroyo’s watch, gave reasons to be suspicious about the ICC, the biggest hindrance for the Philippines’ Ratification was the US opposition to the ICC, although Arroyo vehemently denied it. The timing of the Ratification was no coincidence. The Ratification followed in 2011, after Aquino III had become the President of the Philippines and few days before deadline for the nomination of new judges for the ICC. The Philippines’ candidate as an Asian woman had fantastic perspectives to get elected. While the Ratification generated direct benefits for the Philippines, which for years had desired an international judge, Obama’s supportive policy towards the ICC significantly influenced the Ratification decision too.
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empty promises indonesia s non Ratification of the rome statute of the international criminal court
Pacific Review, 2017Co-Authors: Salla HuikuriAbstract:ABSTRACTSoutheast Asia is one of the most underrepresented regions in the International Criminal Court (ICC). I address the question of non-Ratification of the Rome Statute with a case study on Indonesia. While the Yudhoyono Administration has repeatedly promised to join the ICC, Ratification has not materialized. I argue that Indonesia's tradition of emphasizing the protection of state sovereignty and economic gains in its foreign policy decisions best explains why it remains outside the ICC's jurisdiction. I test this claim by exploring Indonesia's human rights record, potential legal restrictions for the Ratification of the Rome Statute, and the influence of domestic political players and external pressures.
Hans Van Der Heijden - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Modeling hedonic is continuance through the uses and gRatifications theory
Computers in Human Behavior, 2015Co-Authors: Yong Liu, Jukka Heikkilä, Hans Van Der HeijdenAbstract:This study examines the motivators for hedonic IS continuance among individuals.Three types of gRatification affect an individual's continuance intention to use online games.Gender is a weak moderator whereas age is a strong moderator.The uses and gRatifications theory is a good model to explore hedonic IS continuance. It has long been a challenge for online game providers that online game players frequently switch to alternative games without much hesitation. Current IS continuance theories are mainly developed to interpret user continuance of general utilitarian IS and are ineffective in interpreting user continuance of hedonic IS. In this study based on the uses and gRatifications theory, a hedonic IS continuance model is developed by incorporating three types of gRatification: hedonic gRatification (enjoyment, fantasy and escapism); social gRatification (social interaction and social presence); and utilitarian gRatification (achievement and self-presentation). Age and gender are the moderating factors in the model. The research model is empirically assessed based on 3919 validated responses from the users of a social network game in China. In this study we found that three types of gRatification affect an individual's continuance intention to use a social network game: hedonic gRatification (enjoyment, fantasy and escapism), utilitarian gRatification (achievement) and social gRatification (social interaction and social presence). The results provide weak support for the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between each antecedent and continuance intention, but offer strong support for the moderating effect of age on the relationships.
Jorge Lobo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Policy Ratification
Sixth IEEE International Workshop on Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks (POLICY'05), 1Co-Authors: Dakshi Agrawal, James R. Giles, Kang-won Lee, Jorge LoboAbstract:It is not sufficient to merely check the syntax of new policies before they are deployed in a system; policies need to be analyzed for their interactions with each other and with their local environment. That is, policies need to go through a Ratification process. We believe policy Ratification becomes an essential part of system management as the number of policies in the system increases and as the system administration becomes more decentralized. In this paper, we focus on the basic tasks involved in policy Ratification. To a large degree, these basic tasks can be performed independent of policy model and language and require little domain-specific knowledge. We present algorithms from constraint, linear, and logic programming disciplines to help perform Ratification tasks. We provide an algorithm to efficiently assign priorities to the policies based on relative policy preferences indicated by policy administrators. Finally, with an example, we show how these algorithms have been integrated with our policy system to provide feedback to a policy administrator regarding potential interactions of policies with each other and with their deployment environment.
Yong Liu - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Modeling hedonic is continuance through the uses and gRatifications theory
Computers in Human Behavior, 2015Co-Authors: Yong Liu, Jukka Heikkilä, Hans Van Der HeijdenAbstract:This study examines the motivators for hedonic IS continuance among individuals.Three types of gRatification affect an individual's continuance intention to use online games.Gender is a weak moderator whereas age is a strong moderator.The uses and gRatifications theory is a good model to explore hedonic IS continuance. It has long been a challenge for online game providers that online game players frequently switch to alternative games without much hesitation. Current IS continuance theories are mainly developed to interpret user continuance of general utilitarian IS and are ineffective in interpreting user continuance of hedonic IS. In this study based on the uses and gRatifications theory, a hedonic IS continuance model is developed by incorporating three types of gRatification: hedonic gRatification (enjoyment, fantasy and escapism); social gRatification (social interaction and social presence); and utilitarian gRatification (achievement and self-presentation). Age and gender are the moderating factors in the model. The research model is empirically assessed based on 3919 validated responses from the users of a social network game in China. In this study we found that three types of gRatification affect an individual's continuance intention to use a social network game: hedonic gRatification (enjoyment, fantasy and escapism), utilitarian gRatification (achievement) and social gRatification (social interaction and social presence). The results provide weak support for the moderating effect of gender on the relationship between each antecedent and continuance intention, but offer strong support for the moderating effect of age on the relationships.
Thomas König - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Why risk popular Ratification failure? A comparative analysis of the choice of the Ratification instrument in the 25 Member States of the EU
Constitutional Political Economy, 2009Co-Authors: Daniel Finke, Thomas KönigAbstract:Following the European integration history, referenda are a risky Ratification strategy. Despite establishing a convention and intense treaty negotiations, an unprecedented number of eleven member states announced a referendum for the Ratification of the constitutional treaty in 2004, two of them finally failed and stalled the Ratification process. This study examines the choice of the Ratification instrument by an empirical analysis of the strategic interaction between government, opposition parties and the electorate in the 25 Ratification countries. Our analysis considers country-specific conditions and correctly predicts most of the Ratification choices in countries which announced referenda (65%) and almost all parliamentary Ratification cases (93%). The results reveal that governments choose referenda when they expect low gains from a treaty reform or are confronted with a Euro-sceptical parliamentary opposition. We also find that governments are eager to separate popular votes from domestic electoral campaigns.
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in view of Ratification governmental preferences and domestic constraints at the amsterdam intergovernmental conference
International Organization, 2002Co-Authors: Simon Hug, Thomas KönigAbstract:The bargaining product of the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference-the Amsterdam Treaty-dwindled down the draft proposal to a consensus set of all fifteen member states of the European Union (EU). Using the two-level concept of international bargains, we provide a thorough analysis of how this consensus set was reached by issue subtraction with respect to domestic Ratification constraints. Drawing on data sets covering the positions of all negotiating actors and ratifying national political parties, we first highlight the differences in the Amsterdam Ratification procedures in the fifteen member states of the EU. This analysis allows us to compare the varying Ratification difficulties in each country. Second, our empirical analysis of the treaty negotiations shows that member states excluded half of the Amsterdam bargaining issues to secure a smooth Ratification. Because member states with higher domestic Ratification constraints performed better in eliminating uncomfortable issues at the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference, issue subtraction can be explained by the extent to which the negotiators were constrained by domestic interests.
