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International and national NGOs play a role of great importance in the field of human rights. A number of binding treaties in that field and implementation procedures would not have come about, were it not for the activities of these NGOs. They are single-minded in their pursuit of the promotion and protection of human rights and continuously remind governments of the obligations these have voluntarily taken upon themselves.
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Baehr, P.R., Castermans-Holleman, M. (2004). Non-state Actors. In: The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403944030_6
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