Abstract
Independence is an important precondition for NGOs to have any form of impact — independence that is of governments. That provides them with greater room for criticizing governments that allegedly violate human rights. Naturally, most governments do not appreciate such activities. They will try to question the independence of such NGOs. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union tried, for example, to discredit Amnesty International that had questioned the lack of human rights such as freedom of expression and freedom of religion in the USSR. It suggested that Amnesty was financed from “unknown sources”, such as the CIA.1 The Shah of Iran, who had also been the subject of criticisms by Amnesty, suggested at one time that the organization was a Zionist as well as communist organization, financed by the CIA!2KeywordsForeign PolicyInternational RelationInternational CriminalCompassion FatigueDutch GovernmentThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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