Making Amnesty international: connections, disconnections, and the uneven geography of international human rights, 1961-2001

Project description

A closer look at Amnesty International’s history

Established in London in 1961, Amnesty International has evolved into one of the most prominent NGOs worldwide. To achieve this international status, the organisation had to undergo a process marked by significant limits and obstacles. Understanding these limits and their impact on the work done in the name of human rights is necessary today. The EU-funded MAKEINTL project will explore Amnesty International’s history by examining how it became international as well as which barriers of political, social, economic and cultural nature it had to confront and how it did so. The project will map Amnesty International’s development from its founding until 2001. It will use case studies and deliver the historical geography of human rights.

Fields of science

• social sciences › law › human rights › human rights violations

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2020 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2020

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-EF-RI - RI – Reintegration panel

Coordinator

KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN

Net EU contribution

€ 178 320,00

Address

Oude Markt 13
3000 Leuven
Belgium

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Non-EU contribution

€ 0,00

Region

Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Vlaams-Brabant › Arr. Leuven