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Download or read book Amnesty International Focus written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Hopgood
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 080146983X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Keepers of the Flame written by Stephen Hopgood and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If one organization is synonymous with keeping hope alive, even as a faint glimmer in the darkness of a prison, it is Amnesty International. Amnesty has been the light, and that light was truth—bearing witness to suffering hidden from the eyes of the world."—from the Preface The first in-depth look at working life inside a major human rights organization, Keepers of the Flame charts the history of Amnesty International and the development of its nerve center, the International Secretariat, over forty-five years. Through interviews with staff members, archival research, and unprecedented access to Amnesty International's internal meetings, Stephen Hopgood provides an engrossing and enlightening account of day-to-day operations within the organization, larger decisions about the nature of its mission, and struggles over the implementation of that mission. An enduring feature of Amnesty's inner life, Hopgood finds, has been a recurrent struggle between the "keepers of the flame" who seek to preserve Amnesty's accumulated store of moral authority and reformers who hope to change, modernize, and use that moral authority in ways that its protectors fear may erode the organization's uniqueness. He also explores how this concept of moral authority affects the working lives of the servants of such an ideal and the ways in which it can undermine an institution's political authority over time. Hopgood argues that human-rights activism is a social practice best understood as a secular religion where internal conflict between sacred and profane—the mission and the practicalities of everyday operations—are both unavoidable and necessary. Keepers of the Flame is vital reading for anyone interested in Amnesty International, its accomplishments, agonies, obligations, fears, opportunities, and challenges—or, more broadly, in how humanitarian organizations accommodate the moral passions that energize volunteers and professional staff alike.
Author : Jonathan Power
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 9781555534875
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Like Water on Stone written by Jonathan Power and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in Amnesty International's 40th anniversary year, this objective history tells how the controversial yet highly influential organization put human rights on the international agenda.
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Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Amnesty International Focus written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amnesty International
Publisher : Amnesty International British Section
ISBN 13 : 9780862104726
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Amnesty International Report 2012 written by Amnesty International and published by Amnesty International British Section. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amnesty International Report 2012 documents the state of human rights in 155 countries and territories in 2011. Throughout the year the demand for human rights resounded around the globe. The year began with protests in countries where freedom of expression and freedom of assemblywere routinely repressed. But by the end of the year, discontent and outrage at the failure of governments to ensure justice, security and human dignity had ignited protests across the world. A common strand linking these protests, whether in Cairo or New York, was how quick governments were to prevent peaceful protest and silence dissent. Those who took to the streets displayed immense courage in the face of often brutal crackdowns and overwhelming use of lethal force. In a year of unrest, transition and conflict, too many people are still denied their most basic rights. As demands for better governance and respect for human rights grow, this report shows that world leaders have yet to rise to the challenge.
Author : J. Power
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483286010
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Amnesty International written by J. Power and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of Amnesty International from its beginnings in 1961, describing the difficulties and disappointments, how the organization works, and its special campaigns. Includes case studies focusing on the Soviet Union, China, Africa, Brazil and South America and first hand information on current activities in Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. The book is illustrated by photographs from Amnesty's archives
Author : Josepha Close
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351180215
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)
Download or read book Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law written by Josepha Close and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-16 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amnesty, Serious Crimes and International Law examines the permissibility of amnesties for serious crimes in the contemporary international order. In the last few decades, there has been a growing tendency to consider that amnesties are prohibited in respect of certain grave crimes. However, the question remains controversial as there is no explicit treaty ban and general amnesties continue to be frequently issued in post-conflict and transitional contexts. The first part of the book explores the use of amnesties from antiquity to the present day. It reviews amnesty traditions in ancient societies and provides a global picture of modern amnesties. In parallel, it traces the development of the accountability paradigm underpinning the current prohibitive stance on amnesties. The second part assesses the position of modern international law on amnesties. It comprehensively analyses the main arguments supporting the existence of a general amnesty ban, including the duty to prosecute international crimes, the right to redress of victims of human rights violations, international standards and trends in state practice, and the mandate of international criminal courts. The book argues that, while international legal or policy requirements restrict the freedom of states to extend amnesty in respect of serious crimes, or the effectiveness of amnesty measures in preventing the prosecution of such crimes, these restrictions do not add up to an absolute and universal prohibition.
Author : Ann Marie Clark
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400824222
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Diplomacy of Conscience written by Ann Marie Clark and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. Diplomacy of Conscience provides a rich account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure and expert knowledge to advance global human rights. To an extent unmatched by predecessors and copied by successors, Amnesty International has employed worldwide publicity campaigns based on fact-finding and moral pressure to urge governments to improve human rights practices. Less well known is Amnesty International's significant impact on international law. It has helped forge the international community's repertoire of official responses to the most severe human rights violations, supplementing moral concern with expertise and conceptual vision. Diplomacy of Conscience traces Amnesty International's efforts to strengthen both popular human rights awareness and international law against torture, disappearances, and political killings. Drawing on primary interviews and archival research, Ann Marie Clark posits that Amnesty International's strenuously cultivated objectivity gave the group political independence and allowed it to be critical of all governments violating human rights. Its capacity to investigate abuses and interpret them according to international standards helped it foster consistency and coherence in new human rights law. Generalizing from this study, Clark builds a theory of the autonomous role of nongovernmental actors in the emergence of international norms pitting moral imperatives against state sovereignty. Her work is of substantial historical and theoretical relevance to those interested in how norms take shape in international society, as well as anyone studying the increasing visibility of nongovernmental organizations on the international scene.
Author : Ann Marie Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 100910330X
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Demands of Justice written by Ann Marie Clark and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demands of Justice draws on original interviews and archival research to show how global appeals for human rights began in the 1970s to expand the boundaries of the global neighbourhood and disseminate new arguments about humane concern and law in direct opposition to human rights violations. Turning a justice lens on human rights practice, Clark argues that human rights practice offers tools that enrich three facets of global justice: transnational expressions of simple concern, the political realization of justice through politics and law, and new but still incomplete approaches to social justice. A key case study explores the origins of Amnesty International's well-known Urgent Action alerts for individuals, as well as temporal change in the use of law in such appeals. A second case study, of Oxfam's adoption of rights language, demonstrates the spread of human rights as a primary way of expressing calls for justice in the world.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Amnesty International News written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amnesty International Publications
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780862104801
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (48 download)
Download or read book Amnesty International Report 2013 written by Amnesty International Publications and published by . This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents the state of human rights in 159 countries and territories during the year 2012.
Author : Paul J. Nelson
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589012054
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)
Download or read book New Rights Advocacy written by Paul J. Nelson and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors introduce a concept they call 'new rights advocacy' which has at its core three main trends. They draw on case studies of international NGOs and employ perspectives from the fields of human rights, international relations and development theory to better understand the changes occuring within NGOs.
Author : Daniel A. Bell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139459066
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Ethics in Action written by Daniel A. Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-10-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the product of a multi-year dialogue between leading human rights theorists and high-level representatives of international human rights NGOs (INGOs). It is divided into three parts that reflect the major ethical challenges discussed at the workshops: the ethical challenges associated with interaction between relatively rich and powerful northern-based human rights INGOs and recipients of their aid in the South; whether and how to collaborate with governments that place severe restrictions on the activities of human rights INGOs; and the tension between expanding the organization's mandate to address more fundamental social and economic problems and restricting it for the sake of focusing on more immediate and clearly identifiable violations of civil and political rights. Each section contains contributions by both theorists and practitioners of human rights.
Author : Stephen Hopgood
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107193354
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Human Rights Futures written by Stephen Hopgood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-31 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With authoritarian states and global culture wars threatening human rights, this volume weighs hopes the for effective human rights advocacy.
Author : Human Rights Watch
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 1609808851
Total Pages : 957 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (98 download)
Download or read book World Report 2019 written by Human Rights Watch and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 957 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best country-by-country assessment of human rights. The human rights records of more than ninety countries and territories are put into perspective in Human Rights Watch's signature yearly report. Reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken by Human Rights Watch staff, in close partnership with domestic human rights activists, the annual World Report is an invaluable resource for journalists, diplomats, and citizens, and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.
Author : Aryeh Neier
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691200998
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The International Human Rights Movement written by Aryeh Neier and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of the international human rights movement as seen by one of its founders During the past several decades, the international human rights movement has had a crucial hand in struggles against totalitarian regimes and crimes against humanity. Today, it grapples with the war against terror and subsequent abuses of government power. In The International Human Rights Movement, Aryeh Neier—a leading figure and a founder of the contemporary movement—offers a comprehensive, authoritative account of this global force, from its beginnings in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to its essential place in world affairs today. Neier combines analysis with personal experience, and gives an insider’s perspective on the movement’s goals, the disputes about its mission, its rise to international importance, and the challenges to come. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author.
Author : Karen Engle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110707987X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Anti-Impunity and the Human Rights Agenda written by Karen Engle and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents and critiques the distorted effects of the international human rights movement's focus on the fight against impunity.
