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* Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice (Stanford Studies in Human Rights) ✓ PDF Read by # Jo Becker eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice (Stanford Studies in Human Rights) "Compelling case studies of successful campaigning for human rights" according to Mary Wareham. My friend and colleague Jo Becker joined Human Rights Watch in 1997, the year before I came on board. We've been there ever since--with the occasional break--leading advocacy for the organization's respective "thematic" divisions on children's rights and arms.Under Jo's leadership, Human Rights Watch and other NGOs founded the International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (now Child Soldie

Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice (Stanford Studies in Human Rights)

Title : Campaigning for Justice: Human Rights Advocacy in Practice (Stanford Studies in Human Rights)
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Rating : 4.57 (659 Votes)
Asin : 080477451X
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 336 Pages
Publish Date : 2016-12-22
Language : English

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. Yet too often, the strategies these advocates have employed are not broadly shared or known. 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. <

"This book is a gold mine. It illustrates the rich diversity of the human rights movement today, and will be 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. Campaigning for Justice provides invaluable insights into how human rights campaigns work, and distills lessons gleaned from dozens of veteran advocates

"Compelling case studies of successful campaigning for human rights" according to Mary Wareham. My friend and colleague Jo Becker joined Human Rights Watch in 1997, the year before I came on board. We've been there ever since--with the occasional break--leading advocacy for the organization's respective "thematic" divisions on children's rights and arms.Under Jo's leadership, Human Rights Watch and other NGOs founded the International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (now Child Soldiers International) in May 1998. Exactly two years later, the coalition's efforts paid off when governments adopted a protocol to prohibit the use of. An essential reference to bring advances in human rights "Campaigning for International Justice" tracks inspiring and effective strategies that brought about social and human rights progress. It is a most useful guidance drawing lessons from experiences including the efforts of a coalition of nongovernmental organisations who lobbied internationally to stop the use of child soldiers; the role played by Lilibeth Masamloc from the Philippines in promoting the protection of domestic workers internationally; and the different tactics followed by LGBT advocates in Nepal and Jamaica to demand equal rights a

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