| Description |
1 online resource (261 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Research in Human Rights Law |
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Routledge research in human rights law
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| Contents |
Front Cover; The EU as a "Global Player" in Human Rights?; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Jan Erik Wetzel; Part 1: The position of human rights within the EU framework; 2. Assessing the EU's position on human rights: is it a desirable one?: Richard Burchill; 3. Monitoring and enforcing fundamental rights: can the European Union measure up against other international organizations?: Rhona K.M. Smith |
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4. European human rights law as a multi-layered human rights regime: preserving diversity and promoting human rights: Marton VarjuPart 2: Eu human rights policies in international institutions; 5. Inconvenient multilateralism: the challenges of the EU as a player in the United Nations Human Rights Council: Gjovalin Macaj and Joachim A. Koops; 6. The EU commitment to international criminal justice: achievements and possibilities: Olympia Bekou and Mark Chadwick |
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7. Human rights in trade: the EU's experience with labour standards conditionality and its role in promoting labour standards in the WTO: Tamara TakácsPart 3: The influence of EU human rights law outside of Europe; 8. Imperialistic endeavour or empty rhetoric?: Analysing the EU's promotion of human rights in China since 1989 through a 'normative power' perspective: Wenwen Shen; 9. Too different to be relevant?: Considering the global influence of EU asylum laws and policy with respect to Japan: Emiko Nakasaka |
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10. The promotion and protection of human rights during common security and defence policy operations: in-between a spreading state of mind and an unsolved concern: María Luisa Sánchez BarruecoPart 4: Eu human rights law as a regional international standard; 11. The EU competition policy as an international human rights issue: Wolfgang Weiß; 12. Double jeopardy in Europe: what lessons for global players?: Dawn Sedman; 13. Defining the free press: recent European case-law on political free speech, anti-terrorism legislation and the free press: Angus Nurse |
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14. Eu equality law: from protecting 'groups' to protection of all: Joanne Milner15. Conclusion -- looking to the future: no hubris, no false modesty: Geoffrey Harris; Index |
| Summary |
The Treaty of Lisbon has endowed the EU with a normative human rights framework that confirms recognition as a fully-fledged regional mechanism for the protection of human rights. The aim of this book is to contribute to the growing discussion of the external human rights dimension of the European Union. Its theme sits at the crossroads between International and EU law, Human Rights, and Political Science. In moving beyond well-covered topics such as the protection of human rights within the EU, or their relevance for the accession of new Member States, this book asks the broader question of w |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203126301 |
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0203126300 |
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