1st Edition
EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies Achievements and Challenges
EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies: An Introduction [Felipe Gómez Isa, Cristina Churruca and Jan Wouters] PART I: CONTEXT AND FRAMEWORK 1. EU Human Rights and Democratization Policies in a Changing World [Felipe Gómez] 2. The New Legal and Institutional Architecture after Lisbon [Jan Wouters] PART II: REVIEWING THE POLICY 3. Human Rights and Democracy at the Heart of the EU’s Foreign Policy? An Assessment of the EU’s Comprehensive Approach to Human Rights and Democratization [Cristina Churruca] 4. The Search for Coherence in the EU’s Human Rights Policy and Discourse [Dolores Morondo] 5. Localizing Human Rights in the European Union. Principles and Challenges [Arne Vandenbogaerde] PART III: ASSESSING THE INSTRUMENTS 6. The Contribution of the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) to the Implementation of the EU Human Rights Agenda [Wolfgang Benedek] 7. On the Effectiveness of the Election Observation Missions of the European Union [Markku Suksi] 8. A Protection Regime in Need of Committed Action: European Union Support for Human Rights Defenders [Karen Bennett] 9. The Development and Promotion of Global Business and Human Rights Norms: How Far is it the EU Prepared To Go? [Nicolas Hachez] Conclusions [Felipe Gómez Isa, Cristina Churruca and Jan Wouters]
Biography
Felipe Gómez Isa is Professor of Public International Law and Researcher at the Institute of Human Rights of the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
Cristina Churruca Muguruza is Senior Researcher and Professor of International Relations at the Pedro Arrupe Institute of Human Rights of the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain.
Jan Wouters is Jean Monnet Chair ad personam EU and Global Governance, Full Professor of International Law and International Organizations, and founding Director of the Institute for International Law and of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, an interdisciplinary centre of excellent and Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Belgium.
