Beating the human rights drum: Applying human rights standards to NGOs’ governance, livre ebook

The main contention of this book is that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have the obligation to empower themselves internally before they can champion the empowerment of others. This entails being knowledgeable in the area of work; forging linkages with broader civil society and academia; building on the positive cultural values that resonate with human rights to stimulate mass support; and balancing the different accountabilities to the law, boards, membership, self-regulatory mechanisms, public and donors.This book is based on the author’s (LLD) thesis, submitted to the University of Pretoria. The thesis was subsequently revised, based on a further peer-review process.About the editor:Maria Nassali is Chief Executive Officer of International Governance Alliance (iGA). School of Law, Makerere University, Uganda