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PILI Papers no.3
pili_papers_3_sm.gifPerpetrating Good: The Unintended Consequences of International Human Rights Advocacy

In her article "Perpetrating Good," Barbora Bukovskà focuses on the impact of reporting, advocacy and strategic litigation on human rights victims to analyze whether these methods are working — and if they are, for whom. Her assessment is critical: she argues that the means used by human rights advocates in their work might be damaging and counterproductive. Rather than eliminate power relations and domination over those they aim to help, human rights advocates often sustain power imbalances. She submits that their methods often falsify the true experience of victims of human rights violations and end up suppressing their independence, competence and solidarity.

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Enabling Civil Society (in Russian)
Enabling Civil SocietyPractical aspects of freedom of association. Source Book (in Russian)

This Source Book is intended as a resource for NGOs and others in dealing with challenges undermining the growth and development of NGOs and the wider civil society.

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Enabling Civil Society
Enabling Civil SocietyPractical aspects of freedom of association. Source Book (2nd ed.)

This Source Book is intended as a resource for NGOs and others in dealing with challenges undermining the growth and development of NGOs and the wider civil society.

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PILI Papers no. 2

PILI Papers 2Clinical Legal Education and the Bologna Process 

Lusine Hovhannisian analyzes the potential impact of the EU-led Bologna reform process on higher legal education and the opportunities it creates for strengthening and promoting clinical legal education throughout Europe and beyond.

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Pursuing the Public Interest

Pursuing the Public InterestA Handbook for Legal Professionals and Activists

This handbook represents an attempt to synthesize a wide-ranging body of knowledge and experience regarding the diverse set of activities that have been adopted by public interest advocates in former socialist countries. It is intended to provide basic information regarding the practical aspects of these activities for those unfamiliar with them, as well as to build on the lessons learned in the initial, disparate efforts of a growing number of individuals and organizations.

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