1st Edition
Human Rights and Minority Rights in the European Union
By Kirsten Shoraka
Copyright 2010
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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The end of the Cold War has ushered a restructuring of the institutions of the European Community, culminating into its enlargement to Eastern Europe, under the aegis of economic integration, democracy and human rights.
This book examines the development and the role of human rights in the European Union, from its inception as an economic co-operation project to an organisation of European... Read more
1. Overview 2. A Background to the Establishment of Human Rights in the Law and Policies of the European Union 3. The Common Foreign and Security Policy as an Instrument of Human Rights Policy 4. The EU and the Protection of Minority Rights in Europe Chapter 5. Minority Rights in the Member States
Biography
Kirsten Shoraka has a PhD in law from the London School of Economics and worked as legal advisor for Fair Trials International, Office of Fair Trading, German Institute of Human Rights, the German Foreign Office and the Social Democrat Party in the German Parliament.
