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NGO-IGO Relations: Amnesty International, Council of Europe, and Abolition of the Death Penalty
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations ( IF 0.8 ) Pub Date : 2016-08-19 , DOI: 10.1163/19426720-02201006
Kundai Sithole

This article draws on the previously unseen archival record to examine Amnesty International's contribution to the abolition of the death penalty in the Council of Europe legal space. The Parliamentary Assembly and the European Court of Human Rights' contributions are widely discussed in scholarly and policy circles alike, but Amnesty International's substantive contribution in the 1970s and in 1989 is less well documented. Political and legal actors in Strasbourg have significant control over the content and timing of international agreements, but in this case Amnesty International was decisive in shifting substantive considerations as to need for regional intervention to prohibit European states from exposing individuals to the death penalty. Of interest to policy students and international relations scholars alike, documenting Amnesty International activity also provides an illustration of nongovernmental actors' contribution to Strasbourg human rights policymaking over time and across a range of polit...

中文翻译:

非政府组织与政府间组织的关系:大赦国际、欧洲委员会和废除死刑

本文利用此前未公开的档案记录来考察大赦国际对欧洲委员会法律空间中废除死刑的贡献。议会大会和欧洲人权法院的贡献在学术界和政策界都得到了广泛讨论,但大赦国际在 1970 年代和 1989 年的实质性贡献没有得到很好的记录。斯特拉斯堡的政治和法律行为者对国际协议的内容和时间拥有重大控制权,但在这种情况下,国际特赦组织在转变实质性考虑方面具有决定性作用,即需要进行区域干预以禁止欧洲国家将个人置于死刑之下。政策学生和国际关系学者都感兴趣,
更新日期:2016-08-19
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