AI Handbook

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CONTENTS

Preface How to Use This Handbook
Chapter 1 AI IN THE 1990s
A Force for Freedom and Dignity
Fighting for human rights: AI in the world today
Chapter 2 PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS
How AI Makes a Difference
The movement's fundamental philosophy and basic working principles
Chapter 3 AI'S FOCUS
The Mandate
AI's core task - the people for whom the movement takes action, and the specific demands it makes of governments
Chapter 4 CAMPAIGNING
How AI Works
AI's approach to gathering, assessing, and distributing information about human rights abuses, and to activating its worldwide networks of members and supportors to put pressure on offending governments
Chapter 5 AI ACTION
Advice and Guidelines
Practical ideas for carrying out human rights campaigning in the local community within the mandate and policies of AI

AI groups: organization and management
Teamwork: coordinating activities
Security of information
AI and other organizations
Project planning: strategies for success
Media and publicity
Direct appeals
Home government approaches
Outreach
Human rights education
Symbolic events
Fund-raising
Urgent Actions
Refugee protection
Worldwide Appeals
Country, theme, and awareness campaigns
Action Files
Regional Action Networks: RANs
Relief

Chapter 6 AI STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION
Toward the 21 Century
AI's history, its decision-making bodies, and its vision and plan for the future

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