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Human Rights Advocacy Stories
Author | : Deena Hurwitz,Margaret L. Satterthwaite |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Civil rights workers |
ISBN | : 1599411997 |
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Campaigning for Justice
Author | : Jo Becker |
Publsiher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2012-12-19 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9780804784382 |
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A study of strategies implemented in local, regional, and international human rights campaigns elucidating how advocates were able to achieve their goals. Advocates within the human rights movement have had remarkable success establishing new international laws, securing concrete changes in human rights policies and practices, and transforming the terms of public debate. Yet too often, the strategies these advocates have employed are not broadly shared or known. Campaigning for Justice addresses this gap to explain the “how” of the human rights movement. Written from a practitioner’s perspective, this book explores the strategies behind some of the most innovative human rights campaigns of recent years. Drawing on interviews with dozens of experienced human rights advocates, the book delves into local, regional, and international efforts to discover how advocates were able to address seemingly intractable abuses and secure concrete advances in human rights. These accounts provide a window into the way that human rights advocates conduct their work, their real-life struggles and challenges, the rich diversity of tools and strategies they employ, and ultimately, their courage and persistence in advancing human rights. Praise for Campaigning for Justice “This book is a gold mine. A terrific resource not only for those just entering human rights work, but also for those with years of experience.” —Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Co-founder, International Campaign to Ban Landmines “A singular contribution that will be indispensable for those interested in advocacy and human rights.” —Elazar Barkan, Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University “Addressing the critical question of how human rights organizations actually do their work, this book has a currency that is needed right now.” —Barbara Frey, Director, Human Rights Program, University of Minnesota “A vivid testament to the lives of human rights activists, including Becker’s own, as advocates and courageous fighters for the rights of others.” —Radhika Coomaraswamy, Former Special representative to the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, United Nations
Rescuing Human Rights
Author | : Hurst Hannum |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2019-02-14 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9781108417488 |
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Focuses on understanding human rights as they really are and their proper role in international affairs.
In Search of A Better World
Author | : Payam Akhavan |
Publsiher | : House of Anansi |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2017-09-09 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781487002015 |
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A work of memoir, history, and a call to action, the CBC Massey Lectures by internationally renowned UN prosecutor and scholar Payam Akhavan is a powerful and essential work on the major human rights struggles of our times. Renowned UN prosecutor and human rights scholar Payam Akhavan has encountered the grim realities of contemporary genocide throughout his life and career. He argues that deceptive utopias, political cynicism, and public apathy have given rise to major human rights abuses: from the religious persecution of Iranian Bahá’ís that shaped his personal life, to the horrors of ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia, the genocide in Rwanda, and the rise of contemporary phenomena such as the Islamic State. But he also reflects on the inspiring resilience of the human spirit and the reality of our inextricable interdependence to liberate us, whether from hateful ideologies that deny the humanity of others or an empty consumerist culture that worships greed and self-indulgence. A timely, essential, and passionate work of memoir and history, In Search of a Better World is a tour de force by an internationally renowned human rights lawyer.
Human Rights and Justice for All
Author | : Carrie Booth Walling |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2022-02-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781000536805 |
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Human rights is an empowering framework for understanding and addressing justice issues at local, domestic, and international levels. This book combines US-based case studies with examples from other regions of the world to explore important human rights themes – the equality, universality, and interdependence of human rights, the idea of international crimes, strategies of human rights change, and justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of human rights violations. From Flint and Minneapolis to Xinjiang and Mt. Sinjar, this book challenges a wide variety of readers – students, professors, activists, human rights professionals, and concerned citizens – to consider how human rights apply to their own lives and equip them to be changemakers in their own communities.
Just Advocacy
Author | : Wendy S. Hesford,Wendy Kozol |
Publsiher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0813535891 |
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Bringing together some of the most respected scholars in the field, including Inderpal Grewal, Leela Fernandes, Leigh Gilmore, Susan Koshy, Patrice McDermott, and Sidonie Smith, Just Advocacy? sheds light on the often overlooked ways that women and children are further subjugated when political or humanitarian groups represent them solely as victims and portray the individuals that are helping them as paternal saviors.
Righting Wrongs
Author | : Robin Kirk |
Publsiher | : Chicago Review Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 2022-06-14 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781641605625 |
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Many young people aren't aware that determined individuals created the rights we now take for granted. The idea of human rights is relatively recent, coming out of a post–World War II effort to draw nations together and prevent or lessen suffering. Righting Wrongs introduces children to the true stories of 20 real people who invented and fought for these ideas. Without them, many of the rights we take for granted would not exist. These heroes have promoted women's, disabled, and civil rights; action on climate change; and the rights of refugees. These advocates are American, Sierra Leonean, Norwegian, and Argentinian. Eleven are women. Two identified as queer. Twelve are people of color. One campaigned for rights as a disabled person. Two identify as Indigenous. Two are Muslim and two are Hindu, and others range from atheist to devout Christian. There are two journalists, one general, three lawyers, one Episcopal priest, one torture victim, and one Holocaust survivor. Their stories of hope and hard work show how people working together can change the world for the better.
Know Your Rights and Claim Them
Author | : Amnesty International,Angelina Jolie,Geraldine Van Bueren |
Publsiher | : Zest Books ™ |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2021-09-17 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781728449685 |
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A timely look at children's rights, the young activists who fought for them, and how readers can do the same by Amnesty International, Angelina Jolie, and Geraldine Van Bueren