[governance] [Bill-of-Rights] Rights in IG research

[Yehuda Katz]

Bravo! Milton & Karl 
{Never thought I'd write those two names in the same sentence ;-) }

>Milton:
>This is interesting. You are talking about political pressure by human
>rights advocates, are you not? In this case what really matters is not
>the articulation of the right in an international legal text, but the
>willingness of civil society activists to mobilize around the issue. 

>Karl:
>It is not institutions that protect rights, but people who act and 
>participate to protect rights. 
 ... 
>No matter what institutions and constitutions and bills of rights 
>are created, they are worthless unless people participate either 
>directly or via active organizations.

"The willingness of civil society activists to mobilize around the issue"
"people who act and participate to protect rights"
"directly or via active organizations"

Exactly.

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