HUMAN RIGHTS REMEDIES: CAMPAIGNS * HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENTSTools: protest, litigate, boycott, inform, monitor and analyzeHistoricAmnesty Intl.: most widespread but narrow mandateHuman Rights Watch: most US-centeredICRC: Geneva Conventions, most humanitarianService providers: IRC, IOMCountry-specific: Burma, Tibet, DarfurSectors: labor, women, religion, professionsIssues: Invisible Children, Free the SlavesVictims vs. advocates: families, survivors, vulnerable groups * INFORMATION POLITICSHuman Rights Watch brings attention toChild domestic workers in Indonesia, c. 200,000—numbers, hidden problemImpunity in killings of journalists in Russia—distortions of rule of lawU.S. renditions and disappearances--investigationsRape of refugees in Congo—battlefield reporting * GOVERNANCE: CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTL. LAWRed Cross and Geneva ConventionsConvention Against Torture and AmnestyICC: 1995 coalition, 800 orgsRegional lobbyingGender justice: rape as a war crimeStruc infl: ind. Prosecutor Designated standing in UN Indig Peoples’ Forum, ILO * BOYCOTTS AND SANCTIONS: MKTS“INVISIBLE HANDCUFF” Nestles to Nike boycotts lead to codes of conduct, inspectionsSouth Africa disinvestments (same pattern with Burma: Liz Claiborne, Pepsi)“blood diamonds” campaign leads to Kimberley Accords, diamond registration systemAffirmative fair trade networks * PROTEST CAMPAIGN MODEGenocide Intervention FundStarted by Swarthmore students re Darfur, now over 100 collegesRaised $250,000Backed by Mia Farrow and Don CheadleSpecial appeal to Jewish and Armenian student groups based on historyMoney for African Union peacekeepersLobbying for Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, which calls for sanctions on Sudan and no-fly zone * LAWSUITS FOR LABOR RIGHTSColombia—rights of the person assassinations of union organizers who work for MNCs; 94 killed in 2004 (2100 killed since 1991)five lawsuits vs. Drummond, Coca-Cola bottlersindirect impact on Colombia’s trade negotiations and mili aid from US; recently 19 prosecutionsUnocal—also Shell in Nigeria, oil and mining cos.Burma pipeline slave laboralleged complicity with state repressionsettled out of courtInternational Labor Rights Fund suing Walmart re Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Swaziland violations of code of conduct, as “contract”—wage violations, physical assault by managers, being locked in factories, fired for backing unionsnote due to previous boycott threats and bad publicity, Walmart has 5,000 factories inspected (108 banned for child labor) * PROTEST: FUNCTIONS OF A CAUSE CELEBREEmbodies and puts a face on repressionSpeaks for a cause or identityCounters dehumanization with moral worth and dignityAcknowledged state behavior, leverage on state power, manageable concessionAppeals to widely accepted universal civil/political rights * *CHINESE ARTIST AND BLOGGER *HELPED EXPOSE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE CORRUPTION *ARRESTED AND STUDIO DEMOLISHED IN 2010 *ARRESTED 2011 ON TRUMPED U.

1. HUMAN RIGHTS
REMEDIES: CAMPAIGNS
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HUMAN RIGHTS MOVEMENTSTools: protest, litigate,
boycott, inform, monitor and analyzeHistoricAmnesty Intl.:
most widespread but narrow mandateHuman Rights Watch: most
US-centeredICRC: Geneva Conventions, most
humanitarianService providers: IRC, IOMCountry-specific:
Burma, Tibet, DarfurSectors: labor, women, religion,
professionsIssues: Invisible Children, Free the SlavesVictims
vs. advocates: families, survivors, vulnerable groups
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INFORMATION POLITICSHuman Rights Watch brings
attention toChild domestic workers in Indonesia, c. 200,000—
numbers, hidden problemImpunity in killings of journalists in
Russia—distortions of rule of lawU.S. renditions and
disappearances--investigationsRape of refugees in Congo—
battlefield reporting

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GOVERNANCE:
CIVIL SOCIETY AND INTL. LAWRed Cross and Geneva
ConventionsConvention Against Torture and AmnestyICC:
1995 coalition, 800 orgsRegional lobbyingGender justice: rape
as a war crimeStruc infl: ind. Prosecutor
Designated standing in UN Indig Peoples’ Forum, ILO
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BOYCOTTS AND SANCTIONS: MKTS“INVISIBLE
HANDCUFF” Nestles to Nike boycotts lead to codes of
conduct, inspectionsSouth Africa disinvestments (same pattern
with Burma: Liz Claiborne, Pepsi)“blood diamonds” campaign
leads to Kimberley Accords, diamond registration
systemAffirmative fair trade networks
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PROTEST CAMPAIGN MODEGenocide Intervention
FundStarted by Swarthmore students re Darfur, now over 100
collegesRaised $250,000Backed by Mia Farrow and Don
CheadleSpecial appeal to Jewish and Armenian student groups
based on historyMoney for African Union
peacekeepersLobbying for Darfur Peace and Accountability Act,
which calls for sanctions on Sudan and no-fly zone

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LAWSUITS FOR LABOR RIGHTSColombia—rights of the
person assassinations of union organizers who work for MNCs;
94 killed in 2004 (2100 killed since 1991)five lawsuits vs.
Drummond, Coca-Cola bottlersindirect impact on Colombia’s
trade negotiations and mili aid from US; recently 19
prosecutionsUnocal—also Shell in Nigeria, oil and mining
cos.Burma pipeline slave laboralleged complicity with state
repressionsettled out of courtInternational Labor Rights Fund
suing Walmart re Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Nicaragua,
Swaziland violations of code of conduct, as “contract”—wage
violations, physical assault by managers, being locked in
factories, fired for backing unionsnote due to previous boycott
threats and bad publicity, Walmart has 5,000 factories inspected
(108 banned for child labor)
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PROTEST: FUNCTIONS OF A CAUSE CELEBREEmbodies
and puts a face on repressionSpeaks for a cause or
identityCounters dehumanization with moral worth and
dignityAcknowledged state behavior, leverage on state power,
manageable concessionAppeals to widely accepted universal
civil/political rights
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4. *CHINESE ARTIST AND BLOGGER
*HELPED EXPOSE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE
CORRUPTION
*ARRESTED AND STUDIO DEMOLISHED IN 2010
*ARRESTED 2011 ON TRUMPED UP CHARGES
*RELEASED AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS BUT OTHERS
DISAPPEARED
*CHINESE CULTURE IN ART TO ASSERT UNIVERSAL
RIGHTS
CHINA’S CULTURAL CONSCIENCE: AI WEI-WEI
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GLOBALIZATION OF CHARISMATIC VOICE
Heroes: Nelson Mandela Martyrs: Mothers of the
DisappearedExpertise: Doctors Without Borders
Personification: Dalai Lama
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GLOBALIZATION OF PERFORMANCE

5. protest as performance
occupying public space
cultural politics: literature, theater
power of performance genres:
Satire: Pussy Riot
Testimonial: literature, Truth Commissions
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GLOBAL SOLIDARITY:
Free Pussy Riot, London, England
FRAMING AND SHAMING
power of established frames
telling a causal story
rights vs. fate
Poster children: Sex Trafficking
Reframing FGM: From honor to feminism to health
Recognition: Darfur=genocide vs. Congo=chaos
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RECOGNITION: DARFUR

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GLOBALIZATION OF PERFORMANCE
protest as performance
occupying public space
cultural politics: literature, theater
power of performance genres:
allegory: Indian Summer
Satire: Pussy Riot
Testimonial: Truth Commissions
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GLOBAL SOLIDARITY:
Free Pussy Riot, London, England
GLOBAL MEDIA: IS THERE AN APP FOR THAT?
DiffusionInteractivityNew VoicesIran 2009: #Neda, “where is
my vote?”
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7. TWEETS HEARD ROUND THE WORLD
BRAZIL-”I don’t deserve to be raped”
(contesting public opinion poll)
After a recent public opinion survey in Brazil that showed 26%
of respondents said that “women who dress provocatively
deserve to be raped,” Brazilian women protested and President
Dilma Roussef tweeted her disapproval. The photo to the right
is from a domestic violence campaign in Lebanon.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING?
CONSTRUCTING ATTENTIVE IDENTITIES
Transnational circuits of identification:
Professional: PEN
religious
Bridging narratives:
Post-9/11: JACL and Arab-Americans
Relationships and solidarity: Men and VAW
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PATHWAYS TO CHANGE
Monitoring: observe, investigate, attribute
Advocacy: speak for those without voice

8. Humanitarian service
Justice
Mobilization
Leverage
Prevention
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After a recent public opinion survey in Brazil that showed 26%
of respondents said that “women who dress provocatively
deserve to be raped,” Brazilian women protested and President
Dilma Roussef tweeted her disapproval. The photo to the right
is from a domestic violence campaign in Lebanon.
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GLOBAL 111 FINAL: DESIGN A HUMAN RIGHTS
CAMPAIGN
Length: 3-5 pages single space
FORMAT: Single space, Times New Roman, 12 pts, 1 in.
margins, justified text, Chicago
style for citations (footnotes).
The assignment will go through blind grading, so don't include
your name.
This paper must propose a campaign to address a human rights
issue, written in academic
language, and using academic sources to evidence the
arguments made in the paper.
The MINIMUM sources for this assignment are 3 academic

10. sources:
Each Chapter of the Goodhart-edited volume counts as 1
academic source. For example,
Glasius counts as one source, and Kuperman counts as a second
source. Remember: Unless
Goodhart wrote the specific chapter in the Goodhart-edited
volume, Goodhart is NOT the
author of that chapter. You are welcome to include additional
academic sources from other
classes, but 3 of your academic sources must come from this
class.
The GENERAL STRUCTURE of your essay could be as
follows:
Introductory Paragraph (3 pts, one per clearly answered bullet)
1. a brief overview of the human rights issue at hand
2. a brief overview of your proposed campaign concerning this
human rights issue
3. a CLEAR THESIS STATEMENT, which may be 1-3
sentences long, which sums up
the rationale and justification for your approach
Analysis of the Human Rights Issue (5 pts)
1. what is this a case of? How is this type of violation defined?
2. some factual evidence of what has occurred and its impact
3. what types of responses does this issue generally warrant?
(IE: Genocide warrants
intervention)
4. what literature, texts, and theories address this issue?
5. do texts/theorists/theories overlap, or conflict?

11. Outline of the Campaign Concerning this Human Rights Issue (4
pts)
1. what is the generic goal of this campaign, and why/how is
that the goal?
2. what specific tools and remedies will you use and why?
3. what has been attempted before on this issue, and has it
helped? Why or why not?
4. what will be leverage on the human rights violator?
Concluding Paragraph(s) (2 pts)
1. briefly review the campaign
2. briefly predict or reflect on possible outcomes, problems, or
interconnections between
this campaign and other human rights issues
Citations and sources as indicated in the instructions: 1 pt