Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 242 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781003365747
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in human rights
Content:
"This book uses a practice-driven and empirically founded approach to address the question of whether and how international attention can protect and enable domestic human rights activists in authoritarian settings. It examines the untold origin story of the 'human rights defender' term and its uptake among international advocacy organizations, which coalesced with the rise of a theory of human rights change centered around the support for local actors. Rich with analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data, the author spells out this theory of change and tests its assumptions in two case studies: the individual casework of the UN special procedures, and the case of Tunisia under Ben Ali. This book is of key interest to scholars and students of human rights, of the United Nations, and more broadly of international relations and politics in general, and to practitioners working with human rights defenders at risk"--...
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-03-243103-1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-03-243107-9
Language:
English
Subjects:
Law
DOI:
10.4324/9781003365747
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