NGOs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : a curious grapevine

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ISBN	031223886X (pbk.)
Call Number	JC571 K844 2001
Author	Korey, William,1922-2009
Title	NGOs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : a curious grapevine / William Korey.
Imprint	New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Physical	xi, 638 p. ; 21 cm.
General Note	Originally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Contents Note	Introduction --Genesis: NGOs and the UN Charter --The 'Curious Grapevine': NGO Rights and Limitations --Silencing the NGOs at the UN --'Honored Guests': NGOs in the Struggle Against Apartheid --The NGO Prototype: The Anti-Slavery Society --An NGO Shifts Its Focus: The Pioneer International League for Human Rights --To Light a Candle: Amnesty International and the Prisoners of Conscience --A Call for US Leadership: Congress, the Struggle for Human Rights, and the NGO Factor --Overcoming 'Lingering Brickeritis': The Struggle for Genocide Treaty Ratification --Heroic Reformers: NGOs and the Helsinki Process --The Fuel and the Lubricant: NGOs and the Revolution in UN Human Rights Implementation Machinery --A Rare, Defining Moment: Vienna, 1993 --Genocide and Accountability: The Role of Human Rights Watch --Overcoming the Crisis of Growth: Human Rights Watch Spans the Globe --The 'Diplomatic' Approach vs. the 'Human Rights' Approach: The High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Blaustein Institute --Uncharted Terrain: Minority Rights, Ethnic Tension, and Conflict Prevention --The 'Unexplored Continent' of Physician Involvement in Human Rights --Mrs. Roosevelt's NGO Takes on New Dimensions: Freedom House's Changing Priorities --'Asian Values' vs. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights --Lobbying for The Rule of Law --Recapturing the Spirit of Nuremberg.
Summary	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.
Subject Corporate Name	United Nations. General Assembly
Subject	Human rights
Subject	Non-governmental organizations
Keyword	New Arrivals 12-2018
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245 10^aNGOs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights :^ba curious grapevine /^cWilliam Korey.

250 ^a1st Palgrave ed.

260 ^aNew York :^bPalgrave,^c2001.

300 ^axi, 638 p. ;^c21 cm.

500 ^aOriginally published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.

504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [597]-626) and index.

505 0 ^aIntroduction --^tGenesis: NGOs and the UN Charter --^tThe 'Curious Grapevine': NGO Rights and Limitations --^tSilencing the NGOs at the UN --^t'Honored Guests': NGOs in the Struggle Against Apartheid --^tThe NGO Prototype: The Anti-Slavery Society --^tAn NGO Shifts Its Focus: The Pioneer International League for Human Rights --^tTo Light a Candle: Amnesty International and the Prisoners of Conscience --^tA Call for US Leadership: Congress, the Struggle for Human Rights, and the NGO Factor --^tOvercoming 'Lingering Brickeritis': The Struggle for Genocide Treaty Ratification --^tHeroic Reformers: NGOs and the Helsinki Process --^tThe Fuel and the Lubricant: NGOs and the Revolution in UN Human Rights Implementation Machinery --^tA Rare, Defining Moment: Vienna, 1993 --^tGenocide and Accountability: The Role of Human Rights Watch --^tOvercoming the Crisis of Growth: Human Rights Watch Spans the Globe --^tThe 'Diplomatic' Approach vs. the 'Human Rights' Approach: The High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Blaustein Institute --^tUncharted Terrain: Minority Rights, Ethnic Tension, and Conflict Prevention --^tThe 'Unexplored Continent' of Physician Involvement in Human Rights --^tMrs. Roosevelt's NGO Takes on New Dimensions: Freedom House's Changing Priorities --^t'Asian Values' vs. the Universal Declaration of Human Rights --^tLobbying for The Rule of Law --^tRecapturing the Spirit of Nuremberg.

520 ^aWhen 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.

610 20^aUnited Nations.^bGeneral Assembly

650 0^aHuman rights 0^aNon-governmental organizations

653 ^aNew Arrivals 12-2018

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