Constructivism predicts that:
a. Signing an international human rights treaty can ultimately improve the human rights record of states, even if initially a state signs the treaty only to acquire international legitimacy/
b. Signing an international human rights treaty has no effect on the human rights record of states because international law is powerless/
c. States sign human rights treaties only if they truly mean to comply with them/
d. States will comply with international human right treaties only if they know that they will be punished harshly for violating the treaties/
Ans: a
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