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Diplomacy of conscience : Amnesty International and changing human rights norms
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Diplomacy of conscience : Amnesty International and changing human rights norms

Author: Ann Marie Clark
Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. This text provides an account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Ann Marie Clark
ISBN: 0691057427 9780691057422 0691057435 9780691057439
OCLC Number: 44468879
Description: xii, 183 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Ch. 1. Amnesty International in International Politics --
Ch. 2. How Norms Grow --
Ch. 3. Torture --
Ch. 4. Disappearances --
Ch. 5. Extrajudicial Executions --
Ch. 6. NGOs and Norms in International Politics.
Responsibility: Ann Marie Clark.
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The book makes clear that the creation of human rights norms was facilitated not just by exposing abuses but by quietly promoting (with the United Nations) new bodies of law and slowly accumulating Read more...

 
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