NGO's and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
A Curious Grapevine
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Beschreibung
When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted 50 years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt, its principal architect, predicted that a 'curious grapevine' would carry its message behind barbed wire and stone walls. This book tells the extraordinary story of how NGOs became the 'grapevine' she anticipated - sharpening our awareness about the violations of human rights, 'shaming' its most notorious abusers and creating the international mechanisms to bring about implementation of the Declaration. Korey traces how NGO's laid the groundwork for the destruction of the Soviet empire, as well as of the apartheid system in South Africa, and established the principle of accountability for crimes against humanity. The notion of human rights has progressed from being a marginal part of international relations a half century ago to stand today as a critical element in diplomatic discourse and this book shows that it is the NGOs that have placed human rights at the centre of humankind's present and future agenda.
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W. Korey
Themen in »NGO's and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights«
awareness conflict consciousness crime crisis freedom growth human rights international relations liberty minority NGO Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) prevention revolution
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'William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....' - New York Review of Books
'It is well worth reading.' - American Foreign Policy Interests
'William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....' - New York Review of Books
'It is well worth reading.' - American Foreign Policy Interests
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