Internationalizing human rights organizations - why, how, and at what cost?
Human rights organizations, networks and movements are expanding, broadening, and internationalizing. Groups based in the global north are trying to sink southern roots, while groups based in the south are trying to become more cross regional and global. Donors, such as Ford Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, are supporting these changes. In this debate we explore why, how, and at what cost internationalization is taking place in the global human rights community.
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Less money, more risk: the struggle for change in women’s rights
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The realpolitik of rights and democracy
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Internationalisation: lessons from the women’s movement
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Are humanitarian aid and professional ambition mutually exclusive?
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Do African rights groups have the "how" to internationalise?
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Towards a multipolar civil society
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When internationalization causes more harm than good
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One-way street: can internationalization ever be South-North?
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How does professionalization impact international human rights organizations?
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Decentralizing can make global human rights groups stronger
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A Geneva Spring? Why civil society needs North-South solidarity
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Internationalization is about more than just advocacy
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Playing both ends against the middle
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Internationalizing human rights NGOs is not a zero-sum game
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New trend, old roots: “internationalization” in Amnesty’s history
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Transnational rights violations call for new forms of cooperation
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Human rights diversity goes beyond North-South relations
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A time for change? The future of INGOs in international human rights
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Don’t ditch the “local” when scrambling to “go global”
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Long before “internationalization”: Human Rights Watch and local collaborations in Russia
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Home and abroad: balancing Brazil’s human rights commitments
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How do we solve structural inequality in global networks?
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Multiple boomerangs: new models of global human rights advocacy
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Coming together, or falling apart?
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Moving Amnesty closer to the ground is necessary, not simple
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Convergence towards the global middle: an emerging architecture for the international human rights movement
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To truly internationalize human rights, funding must make sense
Do western donors want to “internationalize” the human rights movement, or do they want to retain control while including a few token Africans? It’s time for long-term and sustainable funding that makes sense. Español, Français, العربية
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