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Home > Resources > Ethics & International Affairs Journal > Volume 13 (1999) > Articles |
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Human Rights NGOs: The Power of Persuasion [Abstract]
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December 4, 1999
At the end of World War II, the phrase "human rights" was virtually unknown,
whether in the media, in standard textbooks, or as a guideline for state conduct
in the emerging international community. It was nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs) that made the phrase a core element of the United Nations Charter in
1944, even as they pressed for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
adopted three years later. This was but the beginning of a historic effort to
make the Declaration a fundamental standard for measuring progress in civilized
society. If the principal motivation was the prevention of another Holocaust,
NGOs would fulfill the indispensable function, projected by Eleanor Roosevelt,
of serving as the "curious grapevine" that would enlighten everyone about their
rights and channel information about human rights violations to the world
community.
This essay is about the "curious grapevine," an extraordinary tale of how
NGOs, through their persuasion, have made human rights a major item in
international discourse in the media, state chancellories, and international
institutions. NGOs have played the leading role in the creation of international
standards and in establishing legally binding treaties incorporating these
standards. They are central to the process of adopting implementing organs to
these treaties and in providing the essential documentation and briefings to
make these organs work.
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