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NGO's and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "A Curious Grapevine"
William Korey
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Paperback. The notion of human rights has progressed from being a marginal part of international relations in the 1950s to stand today as a critical element in diplomatic discourse. This book shows that it is the NGOs that have placed human rights at the centre of humankind's present and future agenda. Num Pages: 649 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JPS; JPVH; JPWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 39. Weight in Grams: 583.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
652
Condition
New
Number of Pages
638
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9780312238865
SKU
V9780312238865
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About William Korey
WILLIAM KOREY is a prolific writer of articles for popular and scholarly journals, and for newspapers such as The Washington Post. He is the author of several books, including The Promises We Keep: Human Rights, the Helsinki Process and American Foreign Policy (SMP 1993).
Reviews for NGO's and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "A Curious Grapevine"
'William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....' - New York Review of Books 'It is well worth reading.' - American Foreign Policy Interests 'William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....' - New York Review of Books ... Read more