Demands of Justice draws on original interviews and archival research to show how global appeals for human rights began in the 1970s to expand the boundaries of the global neighbourhood and disseminate new arguments about humane concern and law in direct opposition to human rights violations. Turning a justice lens on human rights practice, Clark argues that human rights practice offers tools that enrich three facets of global justice: transnational expressions of simple concern, the political realization of justice through politics and law, and new but still incomplete approaches to social justice. A key case study explores the origins of Amnesty International's well-known Urgent Action alerts for individuals, as well as temporal change in the use of law in such appeals. A second case study, of Oxfam's adoption of rights language, demonstrates the spread of human rights as a primary way of expressing calls for justice in the world.

Demands of Justice draws on original interviews and archival research to show how global appeals for human rights began in the 1970s to expand the boundaries of the global neighbourhood and disseminate new arguments about humane concern and law in direct opposition to human rights violations. Turning a justice lens on human rights practice, Clark argues that human rights practice offers tools that enrich three facets of global justice: transnational expressions of simple concern, the political realization of justice through politics and law, and new but still incomplete approaches to social justice. A key case study explores the origins of Amnesty International's well-known Urgent Action alerts for individuals, as well as temporal change in the use of law in such appeals. A second case study, of Oxfam's adoption of rights language, demonstrates the spread of human rights as a primary way of expressing calls for justice in the world.

A small group founded Amnesty International in 1961 to translate human rights principles into action. "Diplomacy of Conscience" provides a rich account of how the organization pioneered a combination of popular pressure and expert knowledge to advance global human rights. To an extent unmatched by predecessors and copied by successors, Amnesty International has employed worldwide publicity campaigns based on fact-finding and moral pressure to urge governments to improve human rights practices. Less well known is Amnesty International's significant impact on international law. It has helped forge the international community's repertoire of official responses to the most severe human rights violations, supplementing moral concern with expertise and conceptual vision.

"Diplomacy of Conscience" traces Amnesty International's efforts to strengthen both popular human rights awareness and international law against torture, disappearances, and political killings. Drawing on primary interviews and archival research, Ann Marie Clark posits that Amnesty International's strenuously cultivated objectivity gave the group political independence and allowed it to be critical of all governments violating human rights. Its capacity to investigate abuses and interpret them according to international standards helped it foster consistency and coherence in new human rights law.

Generalizing from this study, Clark builds a theory of the autonomous role of nongovernmental actors in the emergence of international norms pitting moral imperatives against state sovereignty. Her work is of substantial historical and theoretical relevance to those interested in how norms take shape in international society, as well as anyone studying the increasing visibility of nongovernmental organizations on the international scene.

Walking home one early morning from a friend's birthday celebration, newspaper photographer Julianna Brennan is brutally attacked by a man demanding a memory card, of which she has no knowledge. After a lifetime of loss and fear of losing anyone who she dares get close to, FBI Special Agent Will Delaney is the one person Julianna feels safe with, and she finds herself falling quickly in love with the handsome Agent. But as the body count rises and events take her once more into a nightmare she thought she had escaped, Julianna wonders if she can truly trust him, or will someone else hold the key to her heart and convince her that she doesn't have to be afraid to love?

He was trained to be a hero, but what happens when the hero is the one who needs to be saved? It was to be a job like any other - what could possibly go wrong? Apparently everything for Counterterrorism Assassin Ethan Fray, whose chance meeting with Lexie Donovan turns his world upside down and challenges everything he thought to be true. When the job goes horribly wrong, Ethan and Lexie find themselves running for their lives from the very people they thought they could trust. And while Ethan pushes Lexie into situations she never thought she'd find herself in, Lexie pushes back, forcing Ethan to confront the demons from his past, present and quite possibly his future. Can he keep them both alive, or will everything come crashing down and threaten to destroy his newfound purpose and the only happiness he has ever known?

"Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Societyexplores the growing power of nongovernmental organizations (NGos) by analysing a microcosm of contemporary global state-socity relations at UN World Conferences. The intence Interactions between states and NGOs at conferences on the environment, human rights, women's issues, and other topics confirm the emergence of a new transnational democratic sphere of activity. Employing both regional and global case studies, the book charts noticeable growth in the ability of NGOs to build network among themselves and effect change within UN processes. Using a multidimensional understanding of state sovereignty, the authors find that states use sovereignty to shelter not only material interests but also cultural identity in the face of external pressure. This book is unique in its analysis of NGO activities at the international level as well as the complexity of nation-states' responses to their new companions in global governance.