Janika Spannagel

International Attention and the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

Campaigning for Agents of Change

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781032431079
• ISBN-10: 1032431075
• Artikelnr.: 71910008

Autorenporträt

Janika Spannagel is a postdoctoral researcher at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where she currently studies the diffusion and contestation of academic freedom norms at the Cluster of Excellence "Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)". She previously co-developed the Academic Freedom Index. Her background is in researching human rights and political repression.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The 'Human Rights Defender' in International Politics
1. A Short History of the 'Human Rights Defender' 2. Unpacking the 'Human
Rights Defender' Theory of Change Part II: Can UN Attention Protect Human
Rights Defenders? 3. What Do the UN's 'Independent Eyes and Ears' See and
Hear? 4. Making a Difference: The Protective Effect of UN Casework Part
III: Defenders' Protection and Human Rights Change in Tunisia 5. The
International Protection of Tunisian Defenders under Ben Ali 6. Translating
Protection into Human Rights Change for Tunisia Conclusion