Description: Over the past decade, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) and South Africa have attracted global attention for high rates of sexual and gender-based violence. Why is it that courts in eastern DR Congo prioritize gender crimes despite considerable logistical challenges, while courts in South Africa, home to a far stronger legal infrastructure and human rights record, have struggled to provide justice to victims of similar crimes? Lake shows that state fragility in DR Congo has created openings for human rights nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to influence legal processes in ways that have proved impossible in countries like South Africa, where the state is stronger. Yet exploiting opportunities presented by state fragility to pursue narrow human rights goals invites a host of new challenges. Strong NGOs and Weak States documents the promises and pitfalls of human rights and rule of law advocacy undertaken by NGOs in strong and weak states alike.
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EAN: 9781108410588
UPC: 9781108410588
ISBN: 9781108410588
MPN: N/A
Book Title: Strong NGOs and Weak States: Pursuing Gender Justi
Item Length: 22.9 cm
Number of Pages: 323 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Strong NGOs and Weak States: Pursuing Gender Justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Africa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Government, Zoology
Item Height: 230 mm
Item Weight: 450 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Milli Lake
Subject Area: International Law
Item Width: 153 mm
Format: Paperback
