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Defining Rights in Democratization: The Argentine Government and Human Rights Organizations, 1983–2003

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michelle D. Bonner
Michelle D. Bonner*
Affiliation:
School of Political Studies, University of Ottawa
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Abstract

Defining the rights that must be protected in a democracy is an integral component of the process of democratization. In the case of Argentina, the definition of these rights results partly from important debates between human rights organizations (HROs) and the state. Argentine HROs have framed their demands for state protection of human rights in terms of the need to protect the family. Yet HROs' successes in using international courts as arbiters may be reducing their need to present their demands in this framework.

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Latin American Politics and Society , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , Winter 2005 , pp. 55 - 76
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Copyright © University of Miami 2005

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