Ngos and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: A Curious Grapevine - Brossura

Korey, William

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ISBN 10: 031223886X ISBN 13: 9780312238865

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

'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

L'autore:

WILLIAM KOREY is a prolific writer of articles for popular and scholarly journals, and for newspapers such as The Washington Post. He is the author of several books, including The Promises We Keep: Human Rights, the Helsinki Process and American Foreign Policy (SMP 1993).

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 031223886X
• ISBN 13: 9780312238865
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 638