International Citizens' Tribunals

Mobilizing Public Opinion to Advance Human Rights
Softcover Nachdruck of the Original 1. 2002 Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-349-38760-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan Us

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 404 g

When faced with injustice what can a concerned citizen do? In 1933, when Hitler tried to blame Communists for setting the German parliament on fire, a group of European and American lawyers responded by staging a countertrial, which proved them innocent and eventually led to their release. A new unofficial way of advancing human rights was thus launched. This groundbreaking study narrates the history of such 'citizens tribunals' from this first astonishing success to the mixed record of subsequent efforts-including tribunals on the Moscow show trials, the American war in Vietnam, Japanese sexual slavery, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the excesses of 'global capitalism'.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klinghoffer, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Kommunikation und Partizipation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Abbreviations of Citations Citizens' Power PART I: THE REICHSTAG FIRE CASE The Berlin Cauldron Rallying to the Defense Showdown in Leipzig Aftermath PART II: THE MOSCOW SHOW TRIALS CASE Deep Freeze Taking up the Cause South of the Border Deliberations and Recriminations PART III: THE VIETNAM WAR CRIMES CASE The Activist Philosopher Plan of Action Behind the Scenes at Stockholm The Swedish Context Second Wind CONTINUUM Proliferation Agenda for Reform Index

Über Autor(innen)

ARTHUR JAY KLINGHOFFER is a Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University, Camden. He specializes in Russian, African and Middle East politics, political economy, and intelligence. He is the author of eleven books on international politics and recipient of two Fulbright grants and a Nobel fellowship. He has served as an adviser to U.S. governmental agencies, lecturer and frequent media commentator on current issues in the news.

JUDITH A. KLINGHOFFER is Senior Research Associate in international Relations at Rutgers University as well as President of Global Perspectives Cross-Cultural Consultants. Her undergraduate degree in history and philosophy is from Hebrew University, and her Ph.D. in history from Rutgers University. She was a visiting lecturer at the Foreign Affairs College in Beijing and a Fulbright Senior Fellow at Aamus University in Denmark. Her latest work is (Macmillan and St. Martin's 1999).