CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 The Golden Decade

1. Perestroika to 1993: Seedbed for Human Rights

2. Human Rights Organizations: First Shoots

3. Early Debates Over Rights and Strategies

4. Local Differences, Tackling Isolationism

5. Western Assistance, An Extraordinary Congress

Part 2 Taking Stock

6. The Civic Forum of 2001: To Tango or to Sit It Out

7. Activists and Popular Attitudes

Part 3 Activists in Action

8. Army and Police Reform

9. Prison Inspectors, Juvenile Courts, Domestic Violence and Refugees

10. Past and Present: The International Memorial Society

Part 4 Twenty Years On

11. Young Lawyers Step Forward

12. Twenty Years On: Human Rights, Society and Politics

Conclusion

Notes

Dramatis Personae

Further Reading