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Title Coherence in the EU's external human rights policy: the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Full text https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5838699; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5838699; https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/5838699/file/7154954
Date 2015
Author(s) Verdonck, Lieselot
Abstract Protecting and promoting human rights is at the forefront of the European Union's (EU) foreign policy. Although the former pillar structure was abolished by the Treaty of Lisbon, EU external action continues to be characterized by a multiplicity of institutional actors and policy instruments and by a complexity of applicable procedures. Nevertheless, the EU is legally obliged to conduct a coherent policy. The pressing question is thus whether the EU truly has 'a' external human rights policy. In search of the opportunities for and obstacles to coherence, this paper examines the bilateral relationships between the EU and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the DRC). The analysis is structured according to the three mechanisms that are at the EU's disposal for protecting and promoting human rights in third countries, notably conditionality, positive measures and defence actions.
Subject(s) Law and Political Science; The Democratic Republic of the Congo; European Union; Human Rights; External Action
Language eng
Type of publication journalArticle; info:eu-repo/semantics/article; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Format application/pdf
Source EUROPEAN FOREIGN AFFAIRS REVIEW; ISSN: 1384-6299
Rights I have retained and own the full copyright for this publication; info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
Repository Gent - University of Gent
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