Becker, Jo,
Campaigning for justice : human rights advocacy in practice / Jo Becker. - USA ; Standford University Press , 2013 . - viii, 318 pages 24 cm. - Campaigning for justice . - Stanford studies in human rights . - Stanford studies in human rights. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Campaigning to stop the use of child soldiers -- Organizing for decent work for domestic workers : the ILO Convention -- Defeating the election of human rights abusers to the UN Human Rights Council -- Working with UN special rapporteurs to end abuses -- Creating a new international priority : violence against children -- Bringing Charles Taylor to justice -- Seeking justice for the Abu Salim prison massacre -- Demanding accountability for war crimes in Sri Lanka -- Using new technologies in the campaign to free Tibet : the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- Organizing for LGBTI rights in Jamaica and Nepal -- Abolishing sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders -- Lessons for the future.
9780804774505 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804774512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012010567
Human rights advocacy--Case studies.
Human rights--Case studies.
JC571 / .B425 2013
323
Campaigning for justice : human rights advocacy in practice / Jo Becker. - USA ; Standford University Press , 2013 . - viii, 318 pages 24 cm. - Campaigning for justice . - Stanford studies in human rights . - Stanford studies in human rights. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Campaigning to stop the use of child soldiers -- Organizing for decent work for domestic workers : the ILO Convention -- Defeating the election of human rights abusers to the UN Human Rights Council -- Working with UN special rapporteurs to end abuses -- Creating a new international priority : violence against children -- Bringing Charles Taylor to justice -- Seeking justice for the Abu Salim prison massacre -- Demanding accountability for war crimes in Sri Lanka -- Using new technologies in the campaign to free Tibet : the 2008 Beijing Olympics -- Organizing for LGBTI rights in Jamaica and Nepal -- Abolishing sentences of life without parole for juvenile offenders -- Lessons for the future.
9780804774505 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780804774512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012010567
Human rights advocacy--Case studies.
Human rights--Case studies.
JC571 / .B425 2013
323