Diplomacy of Conscience: Amnesty International and Changing Human Rights Norms

by Ann Marie Clark

Book Overview

A small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. Diplomacy of Conscience provides a rich account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure and expert knowledge to advance global human rights. To an extent unmatched by predecessors and copied by successors, Amnesty International has employed worldwide publicity campaigns based on fact-finding and moral pressure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691057435
• ISBN13: 9780691057439
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"