Comportamento dos Estados em instituições internacionais: padrões de votação na Comissão de Direitos Humanos da ONU (1995-2005)

This research aimed to analyze the performance of the States in international institutions based on a case study on the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights (CHR). The States votes were used as the main source of information to compare their behavior at the Commission, more precisely, to analyze the converging and diverging voting patterns among the Commission Member-States from 1995 to 2005. The research question that guided this study was if there the CHR would present voting patterns that allow the identification of States behavior in it. The results of the empirical study provide inputs for certain behaviors to be identified and for new research questions to be raised. Palavras-Chave Relacoes Internacionais, direitos humanos, ONU, Comissao de Direitos Humanos e padroes de votacao