Table of Contents

Introduction Genesis: NGOs and the UN Charter The 'Curious Grapevine': NGO Rights and Limitations Silencing the NGOs at the UN 'Honored Guests': NGOs in the Struggle Against Apartheid The NGO Prototype: The Anti-Slavery Society An NGO Shifts Its Focus: The Pioneer International League for Human Rights To Light a Candle: Amnesty International and the Prisoners of Conscience A Call for US Leadership: Congress, the Struggle for Human Rights, and the NGO Factor Overcoming 'Lingering Brickeritis': The Struggle for Genocide Treaty Ratification Heroic Reformers: NGOs and the Helsinki Process The Fuel and the Lubricant: NGOs and the Revolution in UN Human Rights Implementation Machinery A Rare, Defining Moment: Vienna, 1993 Genocide and Accountability: The Role of Human Rights Watch Overcoming the Crisis of Growth: Human Rights Watch Spans the Globe The 'Diplomatic' Approach vs. the 'Human Rights' Approach: The High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Blaustein Institute Uncharted Terrain: Minority Rights, Ethnic Tension, and Conflict Prevention Ethnicity and Public Consciousness: Can Ethnic Violence Be Controlled or Prevented? The 'Unexplored Continent' of Physician Involvement in Human Rights Mrs. Roosevelt's NGO Takes on New Dimensions: Freedom House's Changing Priorities 'Asian Values': The Challenge to the Universal Declaration The Rule of Law and the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Accountability Revisited

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William Korey is the author of "The Promises We Keep: Human Rights, the Helsinki Process and American Foreign Policy".

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WILLIAM KOREY is a prolific writer of articles for popular and scholarly journals, and for newspapers such as The Washington Post. He is the author of several books, including The Promises We Keep: Human Rights, the Helsinki Process and American Foreign Policy (SMP 1993).

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'William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....' - New York Review of Books 'It is well worth reading.' - American Foreign Policy Interests 'William Korey's valuable study highlights the important role played by a new generation of nongovernmental organizations....' - New York Review of Books 'It is well worth reading.' - American Foreign Policy Interests