The European Union’s Role as a Human Rights Actor Has Been Undermined by Dichotomy Between its Values and Interests

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angličtina

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The European Union’s Role as a Human Rights Actor Has Been Undermined by Dichotomy Between its Values and Interests

Original language description

The European Union (EU) is a promoter of human rights in its external relations. The Union’s human rights clauses are part of trade agreements with third countries and its development aid. The EU as a “normative power” is a concept that has been discussed by many scholars, in particular, Ian Manners and Helene Sjursen (Manners 2002), (Manners 2006), (Sjursen 2006). In order to achieve normative power, the EU has established strong links with civil society and aims to empower the democratic ground for human rights and democracy in third countries. However, the EU's human rights policy is condemned from different angles and the general discontent has heightened since the beginning of the refugee crisis in 2015. Even though the EU has been relatively successful in promoting human rights throughout the enlargement process until now, it has failed to promote its principles in its closest neighbourhood, particularly with Turkey. This paper will focus on the EU-Turkey statement and its assessment. Human rights principles have been sacrificed to stability and internal security. The Union’s clash between interests and values undermines its role as a global player and has consequences both externally and internally on the EU stability and reliability. There is already a rising disagreement among the Member States and between the Member States and EU Institutions.

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Rights. Organized in Prague on March 7–9, 2019, Anglo-American University, Czech Republic, Norwich University, Vermont, USA: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference.

ISBN

978-80-906585-9-2

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

146-153

Publisher name

Anglo-American University

Place of publication

Praha

Event location

Prague

Event date

Mar 7, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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