NGOs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
a curious grapevine
1st Palgrave ed.
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Word Count
159,500 words, Guess
Page Count
638 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveisbn_2900312238864
- Internet Archivengosuniversaldec0000kore_q8z7
- ISBN-10031223886X
- ISBN-139780312238865
- LibraryThing8708023
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- Goodreads253815
- Library of Congress Control Number2001271447
- Better World Books9780312238865
- Open LibraryOL3966217M
Classifications
- DDC323/.06/01
- LCCJC571 .K595 2001
- LCCHM671JZ2-6530K3236-3
Description
NGOs and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a study of the historic and unique role played by NGOs (nongovernmental organizations) in helping to bring about compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted fifty years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt, its principal architect, predicted that "a curious grapevine" would carry its message behind barbed wire and stone walls. This volume tells the extraordinary story of how NGOs became that "grapevine" - sensitizing mankind's conscience about violations of human rights, "shaming" the most notorious abusers, creating the international machinery and mechanisms to bring about implementation of the Declaration, laying the groundwork for the destruction of the Soviet empire and South Africa's apartheid system, and establishing the principle of accountability for crimes against humanity.
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