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NGO's and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

A Curious Grapevine

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  • © 1998

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  1. William Korey
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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Introduction

    • William Korey
    Pages 1-27

  3. Genesis: NGOs and the UN Charter

    • William Korey
    Pages 29-50

  4. The “Curious Grapevine”: NGO Rights and Limitations

    • William Korey
    Pages 51-75

  5. Silencing the NGOs at the UN

    • William Korey
    Pages 77-94

  6. “Honored Guests”: NGOs in the Struggle Against Apartheid

    • William Korey
    Pages 95-116

  7. The NGO “Prototype”: The Anti-Slavery Society

    • William Korey
    Pages 117-137

  8. An NGO Shifts Its Focus: The “Pioneer” International League for Human Rights

    • William Korey
    Pages 139-158

  9. “To Light a Candle”: Amnesty International and the “Prisoners of Conscience”

    • William Korey
    Pages 159-180

  10. “A Call for U.S. Leadership”: Congress, the Struggle for Human Rights, and the NGO Factor

    • William Korey
    Pages 181-202

  11. Overcoming “Lingering Brickeritis”: The Struggle for Genocide Treaty Ratification

    • William Korey
    Pages 203-228

  12. “Heroic Reformers”: NGOs and the Helsinki Process

    • William Korey
    Pages 229-247

  13. “The Fuel and the Lubricant”: NGOs and the Revolution in UN Human Rights Implementation Machinery

    • William Korey
    Pages 249-272

  14. A “Rare, Defining Moment”: Vienna, 1993

    • William Korey
    Pages 273-306

  15. Genocide and Accountability: Response of the NGO Community

    • William Korey
    Pages 307-338

  16. Overcoming the Crisis of Growth: Human Rights Watch Spans the Globe

    • William Korey
    Pages 339-367

  17. The “Diplomatic Approach” vs. the “Human Rights Approach”

    • William Korey
    Pages 369-395

  18. “Uncharted Terrain”: Minority Rights, Ethnic Tensions and Conflict Prevention

    • William Korey
    Pages 397-422

  19. The “Unexplored Continent” of Physician Involvement in Human Rights

    • William Korey
    Pages 423-442

  20. Mrs. Roosevelt’s NGO Takes on New Dimensions: Freedom House’s Changing Priorities

    • William Korey
    Pages 443-467
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About this book

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 principle of accountability for crimes against humanity. The notion of human rights has progressed from being a marginal part of international relations a half century ago to stand today as a critical element in diplomatic discourse and this book shows that it is the NGOs that have placed human rights at the centre of humankind's present and future agenda.

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'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

'It is well worth reading.' - American Foreign Policy Interests

About the author

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).

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