History of human rights/history of UK NGO activism in Israel -Palestine conflict

在英国，人们对人权的理解是如何形成的？我的项目将研究人权作为一个历史上独特的现象，以了解他们的意义是如何在特定的历史时刻构建（霍夫曼）。它审查了世纪末人权政治的扩散与非政府组织在国家和全球一级扩大作用之间的关系（希尔顿）。主要案例研究将评估大赦国际对巴勒斯坦侵犯人权行为的审查和宣传。作为最受认可的人权非政府组织之一，大赦国际在提高权利话语的重要性方面发挥了重要作用，同时也通过媒体（Eckel，Cmiel，Hopgood，Buchanan）塑造了公共辩论。该项目旨在了解政治，文化和体制方面的考虑如何塑造非政府组织对巴勒斯坦侵犯人权行为的反应，研究倡导动态的变化。我访问了位于沃里克的大赦国际档案馆，调查他们在1987-93年第一次巴勒斯坦起义期间对侵犯人权行为的审查和宣传。这揭示了从1960年代起更广泛的权利滥用的文件，远远超出了MA的范围。我的博士研究将以此为平台，考虑大赦国际的各种图像部署，与其他形式的权利滥用，数字技术和不断变化的战略，以增加侵犯权利的突出参与。

How have people's understanding of human rights been constructed in the UK? My project will examine human rights as a historically distinct phenomenon to understand how their meaning was constructed at specific historical moments (Hoffman). It examines the relationship between the late 20th century proliferation of human rights politics and the expanded role of the NGO at national and global levels (Hilton). The primary case study will assess Amnesty International's scrutiny and advocacy of rights abuses in Palestine. As one of the most recognised human rights NGOs, Amnesty has played a major role in increasing the prominence of rights discourse, whilst also shaping the public debate via the media (Eckel, Cmiel, Hopgood, Buchanan). The project seeks to understand how political, cultural and institutional considerations shaped NGO responses to rights violations in Palestine, examining changes in the dynamics of advocacy.This PhD will build on my MA dissertation research. I have visited the Amnesty archive in Warwick to investigate their scrutiny and advocacy around rights violations during the first Palestinian uprising of 1987-93. This has revealed documentation of wider rights abuse from the 1960s onwards, well beyond the MA's scope. My doctoral research will use this as a platform to consider Amnesty's varied deployment of imagery, engagement with alternative forms of rights abuse, digital technologies, and changing strategies to increase the salience of rights violations.