Jewish NGOs, Human Rights, and Public Advocacy: A Comparative Inquiry


 

Publication Date: January 1999

Publisher: Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Author(s): Irwin Cotler

Research Area: Human rights; Social conditions

Keywords: Advocacy; Communal Organization; Human Rights; Political Behavior

Type: Report

Coverage: United States Canada

Abstract:

This report compares and contrasts the character of religious human rights advocacy efforts of Jewish organizations in the United States and Canada. The author holds that the differences result from differing political and legal cultures as well as differences in organizations values.