Sikkink: How Government And Ngos Work Together

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In this article Sikkink mentions that governments and NGOs work together to come up with the policies that are then implemented in other states. She states that, government human rights policy emerged due to network pressure and depended on the information provided by each network or NGO. (Sikkink 421) During the Carter administration the Bureau of Human Rights and the Humanitarian Affairs of the U.S. State Department formed, and they had close connections with NGOs that provided them with information that influenced their policies. (Sikkink 422) One great example of how government and NGOs worked together is that of Argentina’s large human rights violations brought about by political exiles. After Amnesty Internationals report demonstrated

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