TY - JOUR
T1 - Human rights under “democratic” pressure
T2 - Navigating a path between truth and politics
AU - Celermajer, Danielle
AU - Avnon, Dan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2019/8
Y1 - 2019/8
N2 - Repression of, or restrictions on, human rights organizations has been documented in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes. Drawing on interviews with fifteen representatives of human rights organizations in the State of Israel, this article discerns the distinctive way in which democratic justifications are being used to delegitimize human rights advocacy in a liberal democracy. We document the forms of pressure organizations are facing, analyze the different ways in which human rights advocates are negotiating the shifting context, and suggest a framework for recapturing legitimacy in democratic contexts. Our analysis points to the need of HROs to devote increased attention to democratic mobilization.
AB - Repression of, or restrictions on, human rights organizations has been documented in authoritarian and semi-authoritarian regimes. Drawing on interviews with fifteen representatives of human rights organizations in the State of Israel, this article discerns the distinctive way in which democratic justifications are being used to delegitimize human rights advocacy in a liberal democracy. We document the forms of pressure organizations are facing, analyze the different ways in which human rights advocates are negotiating the shifting context, and suggest a framework for recapturing legitimacy in democratic contexts. Our analysis points to the need of HROs to devote increased attention to democratic mobilization.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071421185&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/hrq.2019.0048
DO - 10.1353/hrq.2019.0048
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AN - SCOPUS:85071421185
SN - 0275-0392
VL - 41
SP - 672
EP - 700
JO - Human Rights Quarterly
JF - Human Rights Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -
