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

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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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D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

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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Počet stran výsledku

8

Strana od-do

146-153

Název nakladatele

Anglo-American University

Místo vydání

Praha

Místo konání akce

Prague

Datum konání akce

7. 3. 2019

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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