Vanessa Craige and Mariana Jurado

The Human Rights Council and Foreign Aid

How does membership on the United Nation’s Human Rights Council affect the distribution of foreign aid?

Research Question

Countries that serve on the Human Rights Council are more likely to receive foreign aid

Hypothesis

Human Rights Council Logo

Membership on HRC

Fore

ign

Aid

Rece

ived

Voeten Werker Alessina and Dollar OECD Data Hug and Lukács

Literature

Nigeria (1967) Africa’s leading oil exporter 2nd largest contributor of military troops for UN peacekeeping missions Chairman of UN Special Committee against South African apartheid

Egypt (1967) Strategic location (Suez Canal) Leading non-OPEC member oil producer in Africa

South Africa (1997) Largest economy (in terms of GDP) in Africa Greatest energy consumption in Africa

Case Studies

7400 observations, 573 variables 132 countries from 1950-2009

Methodology

Independent Variable

Dependent Variable

Foreign Aid Received

Membership on the Human Rights

Council

Member Non-membern=1,232 n=3,807

Std dev=394.9 Std dev=418.2

0.0

20.0

40.0

60.0

80.0

100.0

120.0

140.0

160.0148.7

114.0

Membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council (1950-2009)

For

eign

Aid

Rec

eive

d F

rom

Un

ited

Sta

tes

(in

US

$)

Results

No correlation!

How do nations get onto the Council?

Further Questions