About The Book
Christina Isajiw’s book Negotiating Human Rights: In Defence of Dissidents during the Soviet
Era. A Memoir chronicles the activities of the Human Rights Commission (HRC)
of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians (WCFU) during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly
this NGO’s defense of Ukrainian
dissidents and human rights activists within the context of the so-called Helsinki
Process that followed the signing of the Helsinki Accords in 1975. The author
recounts the courage and dedication of human rights activists in the former
USSR and the efforts on the part of their supporters in the West to lobby Western
governments to pressure the political establishments of the USSR and other
Eastern bloc countries to implement the human rights provisions of the Helsinki
Final Act. In describing the many international conferences and intergovernmental
negotiations that provided the framework for these activities, the author
provides insight into the evolution of the Helsinki Process and the development
of Western commitment to human rights, all of which contributed to the revolutionary
changes in Eastern Europe of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The book includes
a CD with relevant documentation.
About The Author
Christina Isajiw
Christina Isajiw is the former director of the Human Rights Commission of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians (currently the Ukrainian World Congress). She spent over twenty-five years lobbying in defense of dissidents and human rights activists of the former USSR.
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