I like Yael's idea -- and had intended for that to be encompassed by the title that I submitted, and which Brian G. elaborated on. Perhaps we can come up with a title that allows us to discuss the competing approaches of human rights WITHIN the movement to extend existing, and transnationally produce anew, MEANINGS of human rights practice.

This also allows us to touch on competing understandings of justice (e.g., restitutive versus restorative) WITHIN various human rights campaigns that bring together a variety of social movements. And all of this points to a complex politics of human rights WITHIN the broader Human rights movement itself. NGOs of the Global North vs. NGOs of the Global South confront these issues all the time -- even while working together on a single campaign. Local activists and community development groups confront local NGOs around these issues as well.

I am attaching a short article that I recently published which speaks to these issues more substantively.

Best,
John

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John G. Dale
Assistant Professor 
Department of Sociology and Anthropology,
Affiliate Faculty for the Institute for Conflict Analysis & Resolution,
Associate Faculty of the Center for Global Studies, and the Center for Justice, Law, and Society
George Mason University
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Yael Berda ([log in to unmask])" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 4:18 am
Subject: Re: Call for Proposals for Human Rights Sessions for 2011 Annual Meetings..

> Hi 
> I think any session should include a component about the human 
> rights industry (NGOs and INGOS, funders, lawyers, and government 
> human rights education programs) since as sociologists exploring 
> this realm, we out to offer an institutional and critique of the 
> field as a professional one as well as discuss the vontent itself. 
> As a former Human rights lawyer in Israel, I find many scholars of 
> human rights seem to address them as obvious or taken for granted 
> institutionas, ignoring the politics and markets and human rights. 
> Thanks 
> Yael Berda
> 
> Yael Berda, Adv (ISR) 
> Graduate Student 
> Department of Sociology 
> Princeton University 
> Phone: 2013490577 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Coates, Rodney D. Dr." <[log in to unmask]> 
> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 6:55 pm 
> Subject: Call for Proposals for Human Rights Sessions for 2011 
> Annual Meetings.. 
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > I am writing to solicit ideas for sessions to be held at the ASA 
> > conference in Chicago next year.  Please send suggestions to 
> > Rodney Coates, the Program Committee Chair at 
> > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The sessions 
> must 
> > be chosen shortly, but ideas submitted by tomorrow, Wednesday, 
> > September 15 will be taken into consideration.  Our plans are to 
> > offer two sessions and one round table sessions.  Please submit 
> > your ideas regarding the two regular sessions.  Please let us 
> know 
> > your ideas within the next 24 hours.  Sorry, about the rush, but 
> > we are just now finding how many sessions we actually will have. 
> 
> > We are very close to the cutoff that would grant us another 
> > session, and just a few new members over the next few weeks 
> could 
> > bring us  another panel--this is the perfect time for you to 
> > encourage a few of 
> > 
> > > your colleagues or students to join the section!   
> > http://asanet.org/members/join.cfm 
> > 
> > The Human Rights Program Committee 
> > 
>