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The International Level: IGOs and INGOs

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This chapter summarizes the main developments in the areas of human rights and environmentalism, with an emphasis on the United Nations, related treaties, and NGOs such as Greenpeace, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch.

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    Further examples are the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973), Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), Convention Against Torture (1984), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1969), Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1979), International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (2003), Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007), International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, 2006 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (ILO 169). Source: OHCHR (2017).

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    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/oct/23/society.russia (access 12 April 2017).

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Hadler, M. (2017). The International Level: IGOs and INGOs. In: The Influence of Global Ideas on Environmentalism and Human Rights. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57440-4_4

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