Resource Library

1. ADVOCACY

a. Principles of Advocacy

• FIDH (Fédération Internationale des Droits Humains = International Federation of Human Rights)
  

• Human Rights News

• Human Rights Watch
  

• Huridocs – Human Rights Documentation Standards and Training
  
  

b. Christian Principles of Advocacy

• CABSA (Christian AIDS Bureau of Southern Africa)  2009 CABSA and Advocacy: an introduction

• Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance

• Faith-based Forum

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Faithful Citizenship: a call to political responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States

 

c. History  of  Advocacy

• Carter, April; Clark, Howard; Randle Michael (eds)  2006 People Power and Protest since 1945: a bibliography on nonviolent action. Housmans Bookshop, London.

• Alvarado, A.R. (2000). State level policy: growing role for nonprofit associations.  Nonprofit Quarterly 7, 22-25.

• Boisture, R. & Sellers, E. (1998). Power, politics, and nonprofits: a primer on  tax-exempt organizations, campaign finance, and the law. Washington, DC: Independent Sector.
• Boris, E.T. &  Mosher-Williams, R. (1998) Nonprofit advocacy organizations: assessing the definitions, classifications, and data.  Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 27 (4), 488-5

 

d.Techniques of Advocacy

• Institute for Sustainable Communities
  

• WHO (World Health Organisation) –

• Faucheux, R. (1999). Hitting the bull’s eye (winning elections by targeting voters). Campaigns and Elections 20 (6), 20-25.
• Geake, R.R. (1995). Practical tips for getting involved in politics. Professional Psychology 26(5), 463-464.
• Haynes, K.S. & Mickelson, J.S. (2000). Affecting change (4^th ed.). Needham:  Allen & Bacon.
• McNutt, J.G. & Boland, K.M. (2001). You can’t get there from here: a study of the adoption of electronic advocacy techniques. Presentation at the 30^th Annual Meeting of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, November 29 – December 2, Miami, Fl

 

e. Case Studies Advocacy

Business and Human Rights

• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
  

 

Corruption

• Transparency International – The global coalition against corruption

 

Electronic Advocacy

• Electronic Advocacy

 

Freedom of Expression

• International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
  

 

Gender Equality

• BRIDGE – Development & Gender Equality
  

 

Right to Work

• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
  

 

Trafficking

• Global alliance Against trafficking in Women
• Christian Organisations Against Trafficking in Human Beings
  

 

World Trade

• EED Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst

 

f. Research into Advocacy

• Belton, K.B. (2001). Assessing your advocacy efforts. Association Management 53, 49-52.
• Caldeira, G., Hojnacki, M. & Wright, J.R.. (2000). The lobbying activities of organized interests in federal judicial nominations. The Journal of Politics 62 (1), 51.
• Ezell, M. (1994). Advocacy practice of social workers. Families in Society 75 (1), 36- 46.
• Ezell, M. (1991). Administrators as advocates. Administration in Social Work 15 (4), 1-18.
• Ezell, M. (1993). The political activity of social workers: a post-Reagan update. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare 20 (4), 81-97.
• Kalb, D. (1998). Knowledge, perceptions and organizational behavior pertaining to regulations regarding lobbying by nonprofit organizations. San Francisco, CA: University of San Francisco.

 

2. UN MECHANISMS  FOR  ADVOCACY

• UN  Treaty  Collection

• Human  Rights  Council

 

a. Working  with   UN  Mechanisms

• Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

 

b.UPR (Universal Periodic Review) Process

• OHCHR: Practical guide for Participating in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

 

e. Complaints to UN Bodies

• How to Make a Complaint to the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies Online – A free confidential online service for victims of human rights violations
  

 

3. RESEARCH  FOR  ADVOCACY

(It is hoped this section will  feature advocacy research undertaken by Edmund Rice Network members.)

 

Bogotch, Ira; Schoorman, Dilys; Miron, Luis  2008 Social Justice Research: Matters Obligation, Resources, and, yes, Methods: a short  essay in defense of rhetorical research

 

4. ERI  THEMES  FOR  ADVOCACY

a. Rights of the Child

• UNICEF

• Imig, D. (1996). Advocacy by proxy: the children’s lobby in American politics. Journal on Children and Poverty 2, 31-53.

 

b. Right to Education

• UNESCO  2006 Right to Education: comparative analysis – UNESCO  Convention against Discrimination in Education and Articles 13 and 14 (Right to  Education) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.  UNESCO, Paris.

 

Human Rights Education

• Equitas – International Centre for Human Rights Education
  

• Huridocs – Human Rights Documentation Standards and Training
  

• UNESCO  2000 All human beings …: a manual for human rights education.  UNESCO, Paris

 

c. Earth  Advocacy

• Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

• Earth Charter Commission, The  2000The Earth Charter