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Amnesty International and The Human Rights Watch - Coggle Diagram
Amnesty International and The Human Rights Watch
Amnesty International
Key Aspects
Mission:
Their mission is to "campaign for a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined the Declaration of Human Rights and other International Human rights instruments"
Success:
They have been largely successful but have had the misfortune of being accused of espionage because of their activities in other countries. Especially by the Societ Union in the 1980s and 1990s. They have also been successful in reporting unlawful actions that have been led in the West. Such as the atrocities and warcrimes committed in Afghanistan and Iraq by the US.
Cases:
Some big cases in their portfolio are Nigeria, The Soviet Union, the US, Turkey, Syria, and Israel. They have been widely successful in raising awareness and influencing people to draw their attention and resources to these problems.
Effects:
Structure, Location and Funding:
Located in the UK, Amnesty International is a private NGO that was founded in July 1961, by Peter Berenson and Eric Baker. They accept donations from individuals around the world besides those from governments. But their founding members were very closely tied with the British government,
Human Rights Watch: Formerly known as the Helsinki watch
Key Aspects
Structure, Location and Funding
Founded in 1978, the Human rights watch was co-founded by Robert Bernstein, Jeri Laber, and Aryeh Neier as a private NGO. Due to it being private it does not accept foreign or external donations from any governmentas to raise its status as a transparent organization. Their headquarters are located in New York City and they have several sub-organizations such as The Americas Watch, the Asia Watch and more.
Effects:
They have highly encouraged government's that violate human rights to become more secret in their practices but have also in contrast managed to encourage embargos and sanctions by other countries unto those who do so.
Mission:
The Human RIghts Watch pursue their mission to publicly shame governments that violate human rights and abuse or fail their populations by any metric. They sometimes do such with secrecy which leads to them being Banned and Barred in many countries around the world such as Saudi Arabai, China and Many more.
Cases:
They have worked most closely in places in West Africa, Southeast Asia, and South And Central America, A very central example of a country they have shamed and reported on is China, and their numerous violations of privacy and social justice. Specially when it came to the case of the UIghurs.
Success?:
They believe themselves to be highly influential to the rise of democracy in the 1980s and 1990s. But their success is highly debated by many entities and governments but it is a general consensus that hey are generally successful in their job or reporting and whatnot,
Comparisons between The NGOS:
The only two "West Oriented" NGOs. Although both NGOs aim to encourage change by reporting on global issues within countries, they do so in different ways. Though the HRW is more focused on lengthy reports and reporting, Amnesty International is much more encouraged to take more action such as mass propaganda, lobbying for "prisoners of conscience" and more. Both groups mirror each other in certain ways but are not entirely identical. The HRW tends to report more on areas that the media already tends to cover in comparison with Amnesty International.