Vigilantes beyond Borders (eBook)

NGOs as Enforcers of International Law

Mette Eilstrup-Sangiovanni, J. C. Sharman (Autoren)

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2022
248 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-23224-9 (ISBN)

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How and why NGOs are increasingly taking independent and direct action in global law enforcement, from human rights to the environment Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have generally served as advocates and service providers, leaving enforcement to states. Now, NGOs are increasingly acting as private police, prosecutors, and intelligence agencies in enforcing international law. NGOs today can be found investigating and gathering evidence; suing and prosecuting governments, companies, and individuals; and even catching lawbreakers red-handed. Examining this trend, Vigilantes beyond Borders considers why some transnational groups have opted to become enforcers of international law regarding such issues as human rights, the environment, and corruption, while others have not.Three factors explain the rise of vigilante enforcement: demand, supply, and competition. Governments commit to more international laws, but do a poor job of policing them, leaving a gap and creating demand. Legal and technological changes make it easier for nonstate actors to supply enforcement, as in the instances of NGOs that have standing to use domestic and international courts, or smaller NGOs that employ satellite imagery, big data analysis, and forensic computing. As the growing number of NGOs vie for limited funding and media attention, smaller, more marginal, groups often adopt radical strategies like enforcement.Looking at the workings of major organizations, including Amnesty International, Greenpeace, and Transparency International, as well as smaller players, such as Global Witness, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, and Bellingcat, Vigilantes beyond Borders explores the causes and consequences of a novel, provocative approach to global governance.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.4.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: Abortion Law • abstention • activism • Advocacy • American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man • Angola • billionaire • Blockchain • Bounty Hunter • bribery • Bruno Manser • Burkina Faso • By-law • chauvinism • child pornography • CITES • Civil Society • ClientEarth • Coat (clothing) • Coercion • Common area • Competition Law • corporation • Corruption • Costume • court of public opinion • court show • Crime • criminal justice • David Hockney • Design technology • direct action • disincentive • Drought • Empowerment • Environmental Law • Environmental politics • Europol • Federal government of the United States • Financial innovation • Freeman (Colonial) • Global Governance • Greenpeace • Group call • Headline • high politics • Honorarium • Human rights group • Human Rights Watch • Illustration • Immigration to the United States • Incumbent (ecclesiastical) • Insider • international court • International Court of Justice • International Law • International non-governmental organization • International Organization • International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea • Investor • Jurisdiction • kleptocracy • landgrave • Law enforcement • Legal burden of proof • Legal code (municipal) • Maritime interdiction • medical abortion • middle class • mobile device • Moral Suasion • Musical Theatre • Music Director • Non-governmental organization • obscurantism • Open Data • Panama Papers • plaintiff • Poetry • Private prosecution • pro bono • Prosecutor • Public Finance • Public International Law • resentment • Rex Whistler • Right Sector • Robert Schuman • Royal Dutch Shell • Satellite Imagery • Single-stage-to-orbit • Soft Law • Soil Contamination • Special operations • supreme court of the united states • Taffeta • Tatmadaw • transnationalism • Treaty • United Nations Convention against Corruption
• ISBN-10: 0-691-23224-5 / 0691232245
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-23224-9 / 9780691232249