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Books about Amnesty International

Affiliated (authored by AI) - Books / AV

• Staunton, Marie, Sally Fenn, and Amnesty International U.S.A. The Amnesty International Handbook. Claremont, CA : Hunter House, 1991. (Availabity at ASU, UA.)
• Amnesty interactive a history and atlas of human rights. Irvington, NY : Distributed by The Voyager Company, 1995. (Availability at ASU.)
• Amnesty International. Photo file 1961-1981. London : Amnesty International Publications, 1981.

  See the library resources page for additional materials by and about Amnesty International.

Unaffiliated (not authored by AI) - Books

• Power, Jonathan. Amnesty International, the human rights story. New York : McGraw-Hill, 1981. (Availability at ASU, UA.)
• Power, Jonathan. Like water on stone : the story of Amnesty International. London : Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2001. (Availability at ASU, UA.)
• Clark, Ann Marie. Diplomacy of conscience : Amnesty International and changing human rights norms. Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, c2001. (Availablity at ASU, NAU.)
• Jordan, Grant and William A. Maloney. The protest business? : mobilizing campaign groups. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997. (Availablity at ASU, NAU, UA.)
• Larsen, Egon. A flame in barbed wire : the story of Amnesty International. New York : Norton, 1979. (Availablity at ASU, UA.)
• Winner, David. Peter Benenson : taking a stand against injustice--Amnesty International. Milwaukee : Gareth Stevens Pub., 1991.
• Desmond, Cosmas. Persecution East and West : human rights, political prisoners, and Amnesty. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1983. (Availability at ASU, UA.)
• Willetts, Peter. The conscience of the world : the influence of non-governmental organisations in the UN system. London : Hurst, c1996. (Availability at ASU, UA.)
• Winston, Morton. "Assessing the Effectiveness of International Human Rights: Amnesty International" in NGOs and Human Rights: Promise and Performance. Edited by Claude E Welch, Jr. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001. (Availability at ASU.)

Magazine Articles about Amnesty International

In an attempt to encourage critical thought the following list includes articles both favorable and unfavorable to Amnesty International activities.

• An Appraisal of Amnesty International's Work at the United Nations
  by Kerstin Martens; Human Rights Quarterly 26.4 (2004)
  Subtitle: Established Areas of Activies and Shifting Priorities since the 1990s.
  
  
• "Watching the Watchmen" by Ramesh Ponnuru; National Review. 4/8/2002, Vol. 54 Issue 6, p29.
  Offers observations on the conduct of human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, during the United States-led war on terrorism. Suggestion that their moral foundation is not strong enough to reach their goals.
  
• "Take the Candle to the Darkest Dark First" by Jack Robertson; IPA Review Jun2002, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p7.
  Comments on the participation of the Amnesty International Australia in asylum-seeker debate. View of Amnesty International on human rights; Mission statement of Amnesty International.
  
  
• "In Search of Global Values" by Aisha Labi; Time Europe. March 18, 2002. V159 Issue 11, p 77.
  
  
• "A Sense of Social Justice" by Matt Simon; NEA Today. Mar2002, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p24.
  
  
• "The Human-Rights Lobby Meets Terrorism" by Adrian Karatnycky and Arch Puddington; Commentary. Jan2002, Vol. 113 Issue 1, p28.
  
  
• "The Politics of Human Rights" Economist. 8/18/2001 Vol. 360 Issue 8235, p9.
  Offers observations on the notion that economic and social rights should be adopted into international law, as is being discussed by such groups as Amnesty International. Distinction between such so-called negative liberties as the right to vote and free speech and so-called positive liberties such as the right to health care; Practical reasons against adoption of these rights; Suggestion that these rights are political and therefore contrary to the apolitical aims of Amnesty International.
  
  
• "Shocking Accusations Is Scottsdale weapons manufacturer Taser International saving lives or supplying tools for torturers?" By James Hibberd Originally published by Phoenix New Times Aug 16, 2001.
  
  
• "Righting Wrongs" Economist. 8/18/2001, Vol. 360 Issue 8235, p18.
  
  
• "After years of exposing Britain's role in the abuse of human rights, Amnesty is now playing politics" by John Pilger; New Statesman. 10/02/2000, Vol. 129 Issue 4506, p19.
  
  
• "Amnesty v. America" By: Puddington, Arch; National Review, 03/22/99, Vol. 51 Issue 5 p28
  
  
• "Does the U.S. abuse human rights?" By: Beaudoin, Jack; Scholastic Update, 12/08/97, Vol. 130 Issue 7, p14.
  
  
• Human rights are women's right: Amnesty International and the family. By: Bahar, Saba; Hypatia, Winter96, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p105, 30p.
  Examines why the recognition of human rights violations against women, as exemplified by Amnesty International's 1995 report on women, remains bound to the limitations of traditional approaches to human rights. Organization's upholding of questionable assumptions about rights violations towards women; Vindication of women's human rights; Family violence.
  
  
• `A mobilization of shame'. By: Drinan, Robert F.; Commonweal, 10/7/94, Vol. 121 Issue 17, p6 30p.
  
  
• Pluralism or state autonomy? The case of Amnesty International (British Section): The insider... By: Christiansen, Lars; Dowding, Keith; Political Studies, Mar94, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p15 10p.
  
  
• "Enforcing international standards of justice" By: Clark, Ann Marie; McCann, James A.; Peace & Change, Oct91, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p379

Foreign Language Publications

• Sané, Pierre. Amnistía Internacional y los derechos humanos en el mundo actual. Lima, Perú : Universidad del Pacífico, Centro de Investigación (CIUP) : Fundación Friedrich Ebert, 1995. (Availability at University of Arizona Library.)
• Vakulovskii, O. (Oleg). Dvoinoe dno "Emnisti interneshnl". Moskva : Moskovskii rabochii, 1987. [Romanized title.] (Availability at University of Arizona Library.)

Quotes

"Amnesty International has been very instrumental in bringing attention to the plight of political prisoners around the globe, and in some cases creating the conditions of their release. In the age of the Globalist agenda, Amnesty is an invaluable cause of action."
- Serj Tankian, System of a Down

"The establishment of the Axis of Justice installation will serve as a 'Freedom School' at each tour stop," says Tom Morello. "There will be information on worker's rights, racism, freedom of speech, and stopping this international cycle of violence. ... Fans of hard rock music have often been wrongly pigeon-holed as apathetic. The Axis of Justice will provide an opportunity for fans of this year's Ozzfest to get involved." [Amnesty International is part of the Axis of Justice during the 2002 tour.]
-Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine

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