| This paper examines the role of Non-governmental organizations as human rights actors in the case of China. The contributions of realism, pluralism, neorealism and constructivism are discussed to provide the theoretical framework for this study. The human rights NGOs discussed in this paper are banned in China, but because China's growing economic relationships with Canada and the United States have caused reciprocal relationships by which each side has influenced the other, the foreign policies of these countries is important. The role of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The Canada Tibet Committee and Human Rights in China in defending human rights in China is determined based on their participation in Canadian and US government proceedings as well as their success at fulfilling their own mandates. The theories introduced at the beginning are then evaluated based on these findings before suggestions for future research and the future of NGOs are given. |
