Beth A. Simmons

Beth A. Simmons is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University, and the author of Mobilizing for Human Rights (Cambridge, 2009).

Systematic assessments reveal that the ICC can deter intentional civilian killing, but only under the right conditions.

Eric Posner argues that the proliferation of human rights norms is essentially useless, but his argument ignores key evidence to the contrary.