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Schlagwortliste "Menschenrechtsbewegung"
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Erstellungsdatum : 31-01-2022Human Rights report
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 13-01-2021
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PICHON Eric
Politikbereich
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Coronavirus
Schlagwortliste
Coronavirus-Erkrankung | Demokratie | Epidemie | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | Gleichbehandlung |
konjunkturelle Erholung | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | soziale Auswirkungen | Tätigkeitsbericht
Zusammenfassung During the January 2021 plenary session, the European Parliament is due to debate the annual EU report on human
rights and democracy in the world. The latest annual report, adopted by the Council in June 2020, highlights the EU's
leading role in promoting human rights and democracy in 2019, against the backdrop of negative trends globally. The
report of Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs takes into account more recent developments, such as the impact
of coronavirus. It points out that the response to the pandemic has caused a decline in the respect of democratic and
human rights standards in some countries. Based on this report, Parliament is expected to formulate recommendations
for future EU action in favour of human rights and democracy.
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G20 Summit of November 2020: Great expectations despite boycott calls
Art der Veröffentlichung
Briefing
Kalenderdatum
19-11-2020
Verfasser
ZAMFIR Ionel
Politikbereich
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Coronavirus
Schlagwortliste
G20 | Gipfeltreffen | internationale Sanktion | internationale Zusammenarbeit | konjunkturelle Erholung |
Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Saudi-Arabien | wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit | Währungskrise
Zusammenfassung On 21-22 November, under Saudi Arabia's presidency, the G20 will hold its first regular summit in a virtual format.
Unavoidably the focus will be on the current crisis, more specifically on protecting lives and livelihoods and restoring
growth. Given the crucial role it played in tackling the 2008-2009 financial crisis, hopes are high regarding the G20's
potential role in proposing a financial and economic solution to deal with the ongoing downturn. Several major G20
members have invested massive amounts of money to keep their economies afloat, in line with the decision of the
extraordinary G20 summit held in the spring, but the depth of the current crisis requires additional action. Some critics
have argued that the G20 is not up to its perceived role. The lack of US leadership in particular has been seen as an
obstacle preventing the group from living up to its full potential. One of the crucial measures adopted by the G20 has
been to freeze the official debt payments of developing countries, with the measure recently being extended. Many
voices consider that this will not be enough to avoid state defaults however. Saudi Arabia, the first Arab country to hold
the presidency, has been eager to use the opportunity provided by its G20 presidency to showcase its ambitious
internal reform programme and its economic potential. The Saudis' leadership of the G20 in these times of turmoil has
not escaped criticism, first of all because of the perceived inconsistency between stated objectives at G20 level and
internal reality in the country, but also because of the role the country played in the oil price crash of 2020. Given the
dire human rights situation in Saudi Arabia and in its fighting in Yemen, calls for a boycott of the summit have been
multiplying. The European Parliament has suggested that the EU should downgrade its presence at the summit.
Briefing EN
Schutz des zivilgesellschaftlichen Raums: Stärkung der Vereinigungs-, Versammlungs- und
Meinungsfreiheit und das Recht auf Verteidigung von Rechten in der EU
Art der Veröffentlichung
Studie
Kalenderdatum
28-10-2020
Externe Autor
Lina VOSYLIŪTĖ, Ngo Chun LUK
Politikbereich
Demokratie in der EU, institutionelle und parlamentarische Rechte
Schlagwortliste
Coronavirus-Erkrankung | Epidemie | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | soziale Auswirkungen |
Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung In dieser von der Fachabteilung für Bürgerrechte und konstitutionelle Angelegenheiten des Europäischen Parlaments
auf Ersuchen des LIBE-Ausschlusses in Auftrag gegebenen Studie werden die sich für den zivilgesellschaftlichen
Raum ergebenden Herausforderungen analysiert. Nichtstaatliche Organisationen mit Wächterfunktion und andere
Menschenrechtsverteidiger sind im Zuge der humanitären und rechtstaatsbezogenen „Krisen“ unter Druck geraten.
Mehrere EU-Mitgliedstaaten haben Gesetze erlassen, die den für die Vereinigungsfreiheit auf internationaler,
regionaler und EU-Ebene geltenden Standards nicht entsprechen. Einige Regierungen haben die COVID-19-
Pandemie dazu genutzt, den zivilgesellschaftlichen Raum weiter einzuschränken. In der Studie wird untersucht, wie
die EU die Zivilgesellschaft vor unrechtmäßigen staatlichen Eingriffen schützen könnte, indem sie die Vereinigungs-,
Versammlungs- und Meinungsfreiheit sowie das Recht auf Verteidigung der Menschenrechte stärkt. In der Studie
werden vier politische Optionen behandelt: Einführung eines europäischen Vereinsstatuts, Festlegung interner
Leitlinien für die Achtung vor und den Schutz von Menschenrechtsverteidigern, Entwicklung eines Indizes für die
Stabilität der Zivilgesellschaft und Schaffung eines Netzes von zentralen Anlaufstellen für die Zivilgesellschaft in den
EU-Institutionen. In der Studie wird empfohlen, die Unabhängigkeit von kritisch eingestellten Akteuren der
Zivilgesellschaft zu stärken und die Finanzierung von Tätigkeiten, beispielsweise von strategischen
Rechtsstreitigkeiten, aufzustocken, um die Rechtsvorschriften und Werte der EU aufrechtzuerhalten.
Studie EN
Zusammenfassung DE, EN, FR
31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 12019 report on human rights and democracy
Art der Veröffentlichung Auf einen Blick
Kalenderdatum 06-07-2020
Verfasser ZAMFIR Ionel
Politikbereich Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Bericht | Demokratie | Desinformation | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Redefreiheit
Zusammenfassung Parliament's July plenary session is scheduled to feature a statement by Josep Borrell, High Representative of the
European Union, and a debate on the recently published 'EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the
World 2019'. The report takes stock of all EU action in 2019 in support of democracy and human rights in the world.
Parliament will subsequently respond with its own report issuing recommendations for the future.
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Challenges for environmental and indigenous peoples’ rights in the Amazon region
Art der Veröffentlichung
Eingehende Analyse
Kalenderdatum30-06-2020
Externe Autor
Dr. Julian BURGER
Politikbereich
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Entwicklung und humanitäre Hilfe | Menschenrechte | Umwelt
Schlagwortliste
Abholzung | biologische Vielfalt | europäisches Unternehmen | Forschungsbericht | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Schutzgebiet | soziale Verantwortung von Unternehmen | tropischer Regenwald |
Urbevölkerung | ökologische Bewegung | übermäßige Nutzung der Ressourcen
Zusammenfassung The present analysis examines the environmental and human rights challenges in the Amazon region. It finds that the
Amazonian countries pursue development policies in the region based on the exploitation on an industrial scale of
natural and non-renewable resources that have caused and continue to cause deforestation, loss of biodiversity and
engender human rights violations in particular affecting indigenous peoples. The analysis acknowledges the measures
taken by the Amazonian countries to establish protected areas and support indigenous territories and their rights but
concludes that the laws need strengthening and effective enforcement. The analysis argues that the protection of the
Amazon biome is an essential part of the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and concurs with the view of some
scientists that there is an urgency to stop forest loss. The analysis further notes that the most effective guardians of the
Amazonian forest and its biodiversity are its indigenous peoples. The analysis concludes by arguing that the European
Union has an interest in contributing to the protection of the Amazon and its indigenous peoples. It recommends,
among other things, that the EU strengthen its direct support to Amazonian indigenous peoples and environmental
defenders and develop effective measures which target EU-based companies whose activities cause deforestation.
Eingehende Analyse EN
Sakharov Prize laureates in difficulty: Facing repression for defending human rights
Art der Veröffentlichung Briefing
Kalenderdatum 05-06-2020
Verfasser ZAMFIR Ionel
Politikbereich Coronavirus | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste ehrende Auszeichnung | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung
Zusammenfassung The Sakharov Prize is awarded by the European Parliament each year for outstanding achievements in the service of
human rights. Defending human rights in countries where they are most under pressure does however come with
significant risks for defenders, who are often harassed, persecuted, and deprived of personal freedom. Since its
beginning, the Prize has been awarded to human rights defenders, some of whom were behind bars, serving long
prison sentences because of their fight, such as Nelson Mandela. This has not changed much today. Several
Sakharov laureates of recent years were in jail when they were awarded the Prize and are still not free today. Others
suffered new or additional prison terms because of their activity. The Sakharov Prize brings the cause and the fight of
its laureates to world attention. On the occasion of awarding the Prize, Parliament, through the voice of its President,
usually calls for jailed laureates to be released from prison. Parliament also uses all the means in its parliamentary
diplomacy toolbox to protect from state repression those that it honours through the Prize. The steady follow-up by
Parliament of the situation of Sakharov laureates and the urgency resolutions which mention those in difficulty regularly
help to keep their struggle in the spotlight. EU diplomacy complements Parliament's efforts through statements,
dialogues, and démarches, in line with the general EU policy on protecting human rights defenders. While such actions
add to international pressure to secure the release of human rights defenders, they do not always succeed in moving
repressive regimes. 2019 saw the liberation of Oleg Sentsov, the Ukrainian film-maker who received the Prize in 2018,
from a Russian jail, but other countries such as China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, and Venezuela have been relentless
in their repression of Sakharov laureates, not giving in to EU calls for their liberation. The ongoing coronavirus
pandemic puts jailed laureates at particular risk, but none of those in prison has benefited from the conditional release
awarded on a large scale to common criminals, for example in Iran.
Briefing EN
31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 2Václav Havel: Advocate of an undivided Europe
Art der Veröffentlichung Briefing
Kalenderdatum 08-05-2020
Verfasser PAPE Marketa
Politikbereich Demokratie | Demokratie in der EU, institutionelle und parlamentarische Rechte | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste chronologische Entwicklung | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Staatschef | Tschechien | Tschechoslowakei
Zusammenfassung Despite a 'bourgeois' family background, which was a disqualification in communist-led Czechoslovakia, Václav Havel
rapidly became an internationally acclaimed playwright. However, his unequivocally proclaimed ethical principles soon
put him at odds with the communist regime, resulting in several prison sentences. Havel nevertheless held fast to his
belief that moral integrity was a question of necessity, not choice, and attempted to live up to this ideal. The 1989
collapse of the regime made Havel a hero and, shortly after, an unlikely President. During his years in office, he
managed to drive his country through the challenges of moving to a free market democracy, while maintaining his
personal moral convictions and tirelessly advocating for larger issues of human rights, peace and democracy,
underpinned by an active civil society. While Havel and his collaborators recast the foundations of today's Czech and
Slovak democracies, his achievements in foreign policy have perhaps been even more important. Reminding Western
countries of the dangers of a Europe that continued to be divided even after the removal of the Iron Curtain, Havel was
instrumental in anchoring the new Czech Republic in western Europe, through its membership of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). He both recognised and emphasised the importance of
closer European cooperation based on shared values, which for Havel constituted the core of relations among
European countries. A firm advocate of the Euro-Atlantic alliance, he supported the United States of America, even on
occasions when some other western European countries were reluctant to do so. With his political writings reaching far
beyond the circumstances in which they were written, Havel is considered one of the most important intellectuals of the
20th century. He has received numerous honours and awards. One of the European Parliament's buildings in
Strasbourg has borne Václav Havel's name since 2017.
Briefing EN
Träger des Sacharow-Preises 2019: Ilham Tohti
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Kalenderdatum 10-12-2019
Verfasser GRIEGER Gisela
Politikbereich Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Kulturpreis | Meinungsfreiheit | Menschenrechtsbewegung
Zusammenfassung Weltweit wird der Raum für Gedankenfreiheit immer weiter eingeengt, da autoritäre Regime immer mehr
geopolitisches und geowirtschaftliches Gewicht bekommen. Der Sacharow-Preis für geistige Freiheit ist daher
wichtiger denn je: Er ermöglicht es dem Europäischen Parlament, gemäß Artikel 21 des Vertrags über die Europäische
Union auf die Notlage derjenigen aufmerksam zu machen, die sich gegen die Unterdrückung der Menschenrechte und
Grundfreiheiten einsetzen, auf die sich die EU gründet und die sie in ihren Außenbeziehungen fördert. Sacharow-
Preisträger 2019 ist der angesehene uigurische Wirtschaftsprofessor Ilham Tohti, ein gemäßigter Verfechter der
Rechte der uigurischen Minderheit und des Dialogs mit der Han-Mehrheit in China. Vor dem Hintergrund der sich
verschärfenden Politik Chinas gegen religiösen Extremismus, ethnischen Separatismus und Terrorismus – in deren
Rahmen man die uigurische Identität inzwischen als schwerwiegende Bedrohung der nationalen Sicherheit verteufelt –
wurde er 2014 unter mit Separatismus zusammenhängenden Vorwürfen zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Der
Sacharow-Preis ist eine mit 50 000 EUR dotierte Auszeichnung, die auf einer Feier im Europäischen Parlament
während der Plenartagung im Dezember in Straßburg in Anwesenheit der weiteren Finalisten vorgestellt wird.
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Louise Weiss - Kämpferin für die Freiheit
Art der Veröffentlichung Briefing
Kalenderdatum 20-11-2019
Verfasser PERCHOC Philippe
Politikbereich Gleichstellungsfragen, Gleichheit und Vielfalt | Kultur
Schlagwortliste Biografie | Geschichtliche Persönlichkeit | literarischer Beruf | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Politiker
Zusammenfassung Das öffentliche Engagement von Louise Weiss war stets durch ihr Schreiben und Handeln geprägt. Sie gehört damit
zu den jenen Förderern des europäischen Gedankens, deren Triebkraft die Erfahrungen des Ersten Weltkriegs waren.
Wie viele von ihnen stammte auch Louise Weiss aus dem Grenzgebiet im Osten Frankreichs, das 1871 von
Deutschland annektiert worden war.
Louise Weiss widmete ihr Leben mehreren Kämpfen, die sich gegenseitig befruchteten, dem Kampf für die Rechte der
Frau, dem Kampf für Europa und die Freiheit der Völker Mitteleuropas und dem geistigen Ringen, um die Wurzeln des
Krieges zu verstehen und sie auszuradieren.
Sie war abwechselnd als Journalistin, Politikerin, engagierte Intellektuelle und Dokumentarfilmerin in vielen Teilen der
Welt tätig. Ihr Engagement für Europa stand aber im Mittelpunkt ihres Handelns und 1979 wurde sie bei dem ersten
allgemeinen und direkten Urnengang in das Europäische Parlament gewählt. Als Alterspräsidentin hielt sie die
Eröffnungsrede und übergab dann den Vorsitz an Simone Veil, eine andere Kämpferin für Europa.
Heute trägt das Plenarsaalgebäude des Europäischen Parlaments in Straßburg ihren Namen.
Briefing DE, EN, FR, IT
31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 3Policy Departments' Monthly Highlights - April 2019
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 15-04-2019
Politikbereich
Haushalt | Kultur | Menschenrechte | Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts | Umwelt
Schlagwortliste
Ausschuss EP | Desinformation | Drittland | Entschädigung | Gender Mainstreaming | Haushaltsplan der EU |
Informationsverbreitung (EU) | Luftqualität | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Rechtsstaat |
Veröffentlichung der EU
Zusammenfassung The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments,
including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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EU-Georgia people-to-people contacts
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 14-03-2019
Verfasser
PERCHOC Philippe
Politikbereich
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Schlagwortliste
Assoziationsabkommen (EU) | EU-Beihilfe | Georgien | Handelsabkommen (EU) | Korruption | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Nichtregierungsorganisation | schulische Mobilität | Tourismus | Zivilgesellschaft | Östliche
Partnerschaft
Zusammenfassung Since 2003, relations between the EU and Georgia have deepened, and at present the country is the EU's closest
partner in the South Caucasus region. Relations have been strengthened further through the recent signing of an
association agreement between the two parties and the deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) it
introduced. The EU also seeks to promote more people-to-people contacts between its citizens and Georgians, as well
as supporting the vibrant Georgian civil society.
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EP democracy support activities and their follow-up, and prospects for the future
Art der Veröffentlichung
Studie
Kalenderdatum
18-01-2019
Externe Autor
Holly Ruthrauff, Hannah Roberts, Sarah Crozier
Politikbereich
Demokratie
Schlagwortliste
Demokratie | die Ukraine | Drittland | Europäisches Parlament | Informationsverbreitung (EU) | internationale Rolle der
Union | Meinungsfreiheit | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Wahlprüfung | Westlicher Balkan |
Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung The Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group (DEG) is responsible for coordinating the democracy
support activities of the European Parliament (EP). Over the course of the eighth legislature, the DEG has aimed to
bring strategic focus to its democracy support activities through the introduction of a Comprehensive Democracy
Support Approach (CDSA). While the introduction of the CDSA has outlined a vision for more focused and strategic
interventions around the electoral cycle, the implementation remains a ‘work in progress’. There have been some
innovative and long-term activities that bring coherence with EU policies, notably in Ukraine, but also there continue to
be some cases of one-off actions without clear objectives. The comparative advantage of the EP in democracy support
is its political perspective and ability to work ‘peer to peer’ with other parliamentarians, which has been demonstrated
in its capacity building and mediation and dialogue activities. Overall the EP should continue to strive to be innovative
and strategic in its democracy support, working where it has influence and bringing policy coherence with broader EU
priorities. Election observation remains relevant, and follow-up to observer recommendations could be enhanced. The
Sakharov Prize and the activities around it, which are also coordinated by the DEG, are consistent with EU values,
including through support for human rights defenders and civil society.
Studie EN
Misuse of Interpol’s Red Notices and impact on human rights – recent developments
Art der Veröffentlichung
Studie
Kalenderdatum
17-01-2019
Externe Autor
Dr. Rasmus H WANDALL, Dan SUTER, Gabriela IVAN-CUCU
Politikbereich
Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
Datenschutz | EU-Behörde | Informationsanalyse | Informationsverbreitung (EU) | Interpol | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Neutralität | Nichtregierungsorganisation | OSZE | politischer Flüchtling | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung International organisations continue to report the abuse by some states of Interpol’s Notice System to persecute
national human rights defenders, civil society activists and critical journalists in violation of international standards of
human rights. Available case studies, written reports and interviews with organisations working in the field confirm the
reported abuses. Recent Interpol reforms have made significant impact on safeguarding individuals both substantially
and procedurally. Nevertheless, and especially considering the significant increase in the number of Notices and
Diffusions in the Interpol system, reforms remain to be fully implemented and transparency and enforcement
mechanisms continue to leave room for improvement. Taking as a point of departure the responses from the EU
institutions and bodies, and EU Member States, the study recommends taking further steps for Interpol to ensure full
implementation of recent reforms, a fully transparent system and consistent legal and procedural safeguards for
individuals in the Interpol Notice System..
Studie EN
31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 4Jahresbericht 2017 über Menschenrechte und Demokratie in der Welt
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 05-12-2018
Verfasser
APAP Joanna
Politikbereich
Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
Beruf in der Kommunikationsbranche | Demokratie | Desinformation | EU-Migrationspolitik | häusliche Gewalt |
internationale Rolle der Union | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Redefreiheit | sexuelle Gewalt |
Tätigkeitsbericht | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung Jedes Jahr erörtert das Europäische Parlament die Menschenrechte und Demokratie in der Welt insgesamt sowie die
Politik der Europäischen Union in diesem Bereich. Im Jahr 2017 standen die Menschenrechte im Mittelpunkt des
auswärtigen Handelns der EU. Allerdings waren 2017 auch weltweit anhaltende Angriffe auf die Zivilgesellschaft,
insbesondere auf Journalisten, ein Anstieg der Fehlinformationen und ein wachsender Populismus zu verzeichnen. In
dem Bericht des Ausschusses für auswärtige Angelegenheiten (AFET) des Europäischen Parlaments wird die
durchgehende Berücksichtigung der Menschenrechte in allen Maßnahmen der EU sowohl intern als auch extern
gefordert. Das Parlament wird voraussichtlich im Rahmen der Plenartagung im Dezember dieses Thema erörtern.
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The G20 Summit in Buenos Aires
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 29-11-2018
Verfasser
LAZAROU Eleni
Politikbereich
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Schlagwortliste
Argentinien | China | die Vereinigte Staaten | G20 | Gipfeltreffen | Handelsstreit | Klimaveränderung | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Welthandelsorganisation | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung On 30 November and 1 December 2018, Argentina hosts the 13th Group of Twenty (G20) summit. This is the first time
that a G20 summit is being hosted by a South American country, coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the
consolidation of the G20 at leader level following the 2008 summit in Washington. Main challenges will include
achieving consensus on climate and trade, with US-China relations being a decisive factor in the latter.
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EU support for human rights defenders around the world
Art der Veröffentlichung
Briefing
Kalenderdatum
08-11-2018
Verfasser
ZAMFIR Ionel
Politikbereich
Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
bilaterale Beziehungen | Drittland | Europäischer Auswärtiger Dienst | Gewalt | internationale Rolle der Union |
Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung Twenty years after the UN General Assembly adopted its Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) to enhance
recognition of their role and encourage states to create a more protective environment, many human rights defenders
still face significant threats, and the situation of those working in certain areas has even deteriorated. Support for
human rights defenders is a long established component of the EU's external human rights policy and one of its major
priorities. The EU guidelines on HRDs adopted in 2004 outline concrete measures for protecting HRDs at risk,
including the provision of emergency aid, and encourage EU diplomats to take a more proactive approach towards
HRDs. The European Commission manages a financial instrument in support of HRDs working in the world's most
dangerous situations. The European Parliament is a long-standing advocate of a comprehensive EU policy on HRDs
and has actively contributed to its shaping. Its urgency resolutions on human rights breaches around the world, some
of which have focused on individual HRDs and the particular threats they face, have drawn attention to the difficulties
facing HRDs in many countries. Parliament has also organised hearings with HRDs, issued statements about cases of
HRDs at risk, and highlighted the plight of HRDs during visits by its delegations to the countries concerned. The
Parliament's Sakharov Prize is the EU's most visible action in favour of HRDs. It has a significant impact on laureates,
providing them with recognition and, in many cases, indirect protection. This a further updated version of a briefing
from December 2017: PE 614.626.
Briefing EN, FR
31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 5Mission to Austria 11/12 October 2018
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 08-10-2018
Verfasser
HEEZEN JOHANNES
Politikbereich
Bewertung von Rechtsvorschriften und politischen Maßnahmen in der Praxis | Gleichstellungsfragen, Gleichheit und
Vielfalt
Schlagwortliste Ausschuss EP | Forschungsbericht | Frau | Gleichheit von Mann und Frau | Lage der Frauen | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Nichtregierungsorganisation | Rechte der Frau | Rezession | sexuelle Diskriminierung |
Österreich
Zusammenfassung This document was prepared to provide background information for Members of the Committee on Women's Rights
and Gender Equality (FEMM) participating in the Conference "Gender Equality and YOU"organised by the Austrian
presidency (Vienna, 11-12 October 2018). It is intended to provide information on various aspects of gender equality,
based on studies and analyses which have been commissioned by the Policy Department and delivered to FEMM in
the course of the current legislature. Of two recent studies a short summary, as well as a link to the full text of the study
is given. A number of other Policy Department studies on specific aspects of gender equality in the EU are listed for
further reading.
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Human rights in Thailand
Art der Veröffentlichung Auf einen Blick
Kalenderdatum 04-07-2018
Verfasser RUSSELL Martin
Politikbereich Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Arbeitsrecht | Gleichheit von Mann und Frau | Handelsabkommen (EU) | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung
| politischer Gefangener | Recht des Einzelnen | Redefreiheit | Strafrecht | Thailand | Unabhängigkeit der Justiz |
Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung Thailand is one of several south-east Asian countries where the human rights situation has recently deteriorated.
Following a military coup in May 2014, the junta clamped down on political dissent. In 2017 a new constitution restored
some of the rights taken away in 2014, but the timing of elections remains uncertain and the military is likely to
maintain political influence even after handing over power to a civilian government. Other long-standing concerns
include abuses of migrant workers' labour rights and restrictions on freedom of expression.
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Human rights in Belarus: The EU’s role since 2016
Art der Veröffentlichung
Studie
Kalenderdatum
05-06-2018
Externe Autor
Gisele BOSSE, Alena VIEIRA
Politikbereich
Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
Belarus | Finanzierung der EU | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | internationale Rolle der Union |
Kommunikationskontrolle | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | politische Grundrechte | politischer
Gefangener | Todesstrafe | Voraussetzung für die Beihilfegewährung | Zivilgesellschaft | Östliche Partnerschaft
Zusammenfassung This study provides an overview of the European Union’s contribution to promoting and protecting human rights in
Belarus since 2016. This analysis presents the main human rights trends in Belarus, examining legislation, policy
commitments and violations of human rights. While the Belarusian government has made nominal concessions
towards the EU, no systemic progress in terms of human rights has been made in the post-2016 period. The study also
describes and assesses the EU’s human rights promotion activities in bilateral EU-Belarus relations, within the context
of the Eastern Partnership multilateral dimension and in regard to financial assistance. Although the EU has expanded
the range of its political dialogue with Belarus since 2016, it has had very little influence over the human rights situation
in the country. The EU’s impact has been limited not just because of the very nature of the Belarusian regime. EU
institutions and member states have increasingly prioritised geopolitical interests as well as the stability and resilience
of Belarus over human rights concerns. The EU should increase efforts to mainstream human rights in all aspects of its
relations with Belarus and find a better balance between ‘normalisation’ and ‘conditionality’ based policy approaches
vis-à-vis the country.
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EYE event - Sakharov Prize: Voices of humanity
Art der Veröffentlichung Auf einen Blick
Kalenderdatum 16-05-2018
Verfasser ZAMFIR Ionel
Politikbereich Entwicklung und humanitäre Hilfe | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste ehrende Auszeichnung | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung
Zusammenfassung The European Parliament is a staunch supporter of human rights defenders from all over the world. Each year, the
Parliament grants the Sakharov Prize to such individuals in recognition of their outstanding achievements in defending
human rights. The prize draws attention to particularly worthy causes and has an important resonance with the public.
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31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 6Der Sacharow-Preis 2017
Art der Veröffentlichung
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Kalenderdatum 05-12-2017
Verfasser
GOMEZ RAMIREZ Enrique
Politikbereich
Entwicklung und humanitäre Hilfe | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
Amtsmissbrauch | ehrende Auszeichnung | Europäisches Parlament | Gewaltentrennung | letztinstanzliche
Gerichtsbarkeit | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | nationales Parlament | politische Lage | politische
Opposition | politischer Gefangener | staatliche Gewalt | Venezuela
Zusammenfassung Der Sacharow-Preis für geistige Freiheit wurde 1988 vom Europäischen Parlament eingerichtet und wird seither jedes
Jahr im Dezember an Einzelpersonen oder Organisationen verliehen, die Herausragendes bei der Verteidigung der
Menschenrechte und der Grundfreiheiten geleistet haben. Mit der Vergabe des Preises 2017 an die Opposition in
Venezuela hat das Parlament die Lage in Venezuela kritisiert, seine Unterstützung für die demokratisch gewählte
Nationalversammlung zum Ausdruck gebracht, einen friedlichen Übergang zur Demokratie gefordert und den
Menschen in Venezuela Anerkennung gezollt, darunter vor allem den Menschen, die zu Unrecht inhaftiert wurden, weil
sie ihre Meinung geäußert haben.
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Multimedia The 2017 Sakharov Prize
Sakharov Prize Finalists 2017
Art der Veröffentlichung
Briefing
Kalenderdatum
04-12-2017
Verfasser
LERCH Marika | TVEVAD Jesper
Politikbereich
Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
Beruf in der Kommunikationsbranche | ehrende Auszeichnung | Eritrea | Europäisches Parlament | Guatemala |
Haftordnung | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Minderheitenschutz | politische Grundrechte | Recht des
Einzelnen | soziale Rechte | Umweltschutz | Urbevölkerung | öffentliche Sicherheit
Zusammenfassung Short presentation of two Sakharov Prize Finalists 2017.
Briefing EN
Shrinking space for civil society: the EU response
Art der Veröffentlichung Studie
Kalenderdatum 12-04-2017
Externe Autor Richard YOUNGS (Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe, Belgium and Professor at the University of Warwick, United
Kingdom) and Ana ECHAGÜE (independent consultant)
Politikbereich Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Demokratie | Entwicklung und humanitäre Hilfe | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Demokratisierung | Drittland | Entwicklungshilfe | Finanzierung der EU | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik |
internationale Rolle der Union | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Nichtregierungsorganisation | politische Grundrechte |
Voraussetzung für die Beihilfegewährung | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung The EU has developed an impressive range of policy tools for pushing back against restrictions on civil society across
the world. It has gradually improved the way it deploys these instruments and has helped protect many activists at risk.
Notwithstanding this, the EU needs to sharpen its ‘shrinking space’ strategy. This study suggests a range of precise
policy changes it should contemplate to this end. It advocates a number of strategic guidelines that could help make
the EU’s responses more proactive; better able to tackle the broad structural elements of the shrinking space; fully
balanced between political and development approaches; and geared towards building more inclusive alliances
against new restrictions on civil society.
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Fit for Purpose? The Facilitation Directive and the Criminalisation of Humanitarian Assistance to Irregular
Migrants
Art der Veröffentlichung Studie
Kalenderdatum 28-01-2016
Externe Autor Sergio CARRERA, Elspeth GUILD, Ana ALIVERTI, Jennifer ALLSOPP, Maria Giovanna MANIERI and Michele
LEVOY
Politikbereich Bewertung von Rechtsvorschriften und politischen Maßnahmen in der Praxis | Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und
des Rechts
Schlagwortliste Anwendung des EU-Rechts | das Vereinigte Königreich | Deutschland | die Niederlande | Finanzierung der EU |
Frankreich | Griechenland | humanitäre Hilfe | illegale Zuwanderung | Integration der Zuwanderer | Italien |
Menschenhandel | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Richtlinie EG | Spanien | Strafrecht | Ungarn | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung This study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional
Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee. With renewed efforts to counter people smuggling in the context of an
unprecedented influx of migrants and refugees into the EU, it assesses existing EU legislation in the area – the 2002
Facilitators’ Package – and how it deals with those providing humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants. The study
maps EU legislation against the international legal framework and explores the effects – both direct and indirect – of
the law and policy practice in selected Member States. It finds significant inconsistencies, divergences and grey areas,
such that humanitarian actors are often deterred from providing assistance. The study calls for a review of the
legislative framework, greater legal certainty and improved data collection on the effects of the legislation.
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31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 7Standing up for human rights defenders around the world: What is the EU doing?
Art der Veröffentlichung
Briefing
Kalenderdatum
10-12-2015
Verfasser
ZAMFIR Ionel
Politikbereich
Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
ehrende Auszeichnung | EU-Aktion | Europäisches Parlament | Finanzierung der EU | Gemeinsame Außen- und
Sicherheitspolitik | internationale Rolle der Union | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung |
Nichtregierungsorganisation | politischer Gefangener | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung Support for human rights defenders (HRDs) is a long established component, as well as one of the major priorities, of
the EU’s external human rights policy. With the adoption in 2004 of EU Guidelines on HRDs, the EU has established a
set of concrete measures for protecting HRDs at risk, including the provision of emergency aid. The Guidelines
encourage EU diplomats to take a more proactive approach, by establishing contact with HRDs and intervening on
their behalf when they are at risk. The European Commission manages a financial instrument to support HRDs
working in the world's most dangerous situations. A Human Rights Mechanism managed by NGOs with EU financial
support has also been launched in order to enhance the effectiveness of EU action on behalf of HRDs. All this makes
the EU a major supporter of HRDs in the world. The European Parliament has been a long-time advocate of a
comprehensive EU policy on HRDs, actively contributing to its shaping. It has drawn attention to the difficult situation of
HRDs in many countries through its urgency resolutions on human rights breaches in the world, some of which have
specifically dealt with individual HRDs facing particular threats. It can also organise hearings with HRDs, issue
statements about cases of HRDs at risk, or raise the plight of HRDs during visits by its delegations to the countries
concerned. The EP’s Sakharov Prize is the EU's most visible action in favour of HRDs. Its impact is significant on
laureates, providing them with recognition and, in many cases, indirect protection.
Briefing EN
Multimedia Human Rights Defenders
Azerbaijan: Human rights situation
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Kalenderdatum 08-10-2014
Verfasser LECARTE Jacques
PolitikbereichMenschenrechte
SchlagwortlisteAserbaidschan | autoritäres Regime | Europarat | Europäische Menschenrechtskonvention | Europäische
Nachbarschaftspolitik | Konvention UNO | Kooperationsabkommen (EU) | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung Azerbaijan is considered by many international NGOs to be an authoritarian country in which civil and political rights
are severely restricted and frequently violated. The EU may soon be ready to agree on a Strategic Modernisation
Partnership with Azerbaijan. Nevertheless, the Council and the EP have stressed deep concerns about the persecution
of human-rights defenders in the country.
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Assessing the Implementation of the European Union Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders - The
Cases of Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Tunisia
Art der Veröffentlichung Studie
Kalenderdatum 18-06-2013
Externe Autor Karen BENNETT (Human Rights at the Human Rights and Social Justice
Research Institute - HRSJ, London Metropolitan University, the UK)
Politikbereich Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Andersdenkender | Arbeitsweise der Organe | Delegation der Union | internationale Rolle der Union | Kirgisistan |
Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Thailand | Tunesien
Zusammenfassung With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and the formation of the European Action Service, human rights
defenders have received renewed attention in EU external relations. In June 2012 the EU launched its Strategic
Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy including some benchmarked actions to take on behalf
of HRDs and calling on EU Delegations and EU Member States missions to prepare human rights country strategies
(HRCS) and to update the strategies annually. The 2008 revised European Union Guidelines on Human Rights
Defenders (the Guidelines) provide a number of important recommendations for the EU and its Member State missions
which have resulted in many good practice actions toward support and protection of HRDs. This study investigates the
effective implementation of the Guidelines in Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Tunisia, primarily from the viewpoints of
diplomats and HRDs, with focus on the latter. Findings of this study suggest effective implementation of the Guidelines
is uneven across European missions and there needs to be a joining up of the Guidelines’ recommendations with the
new HRCS process. Recommendations to the EU and the European Parliament include mainstreaming knowledge of
the Guidelines throughout EU sections and missions, taking a more considered approach to engagement with HRDs to
create enabling human rights environments and ensuring attention to the most vulnerable HRDs.
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31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 8Supporting Ombudsman Cooperation in the Eastern Partnership Countries
Art der Veröffentlichung Eingehende Analyse
Kalenderdatum 15-12-2011
Externe Autor Zdzislaw KEDZIA (Adam Mickiewicz University, POLAND) in cooperation with Jakub JARACZEWSKI (Adam
Mickiewicz University, POLAND)
Politikbereich Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Armenien | Aserbaidschan | die Ukraine | Europäisches Nachbarschafts- und Partnerschaftsinstrument | Georgien |
Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Moldau | Zusammenarbeit in Rechtsfragen
Zusammenfassung This study has been commissioned by the European Parliament as an input to the analysis of the international, in
particular European Union’s, assistance to national human rights institutions in the countries of the Eastern
Partnership. Since the calls on Belarus so far have failed to result in the establishment of such an institution in this
country, the study focuses only on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. While noting the strengthening
of the standing and a considerable progress in work of the analyzed institutions, the study refers to the assessments
presented by them, as well as to external opinions that emphasize the need to continue programmes of support offered
to these institutions. Such support is relevant to both the capacity-building, including networking and exchange of good
practices, and ensuring appropriate impact and independence of these institutions within the state structures. In this
context, the study proposes several steps to be taken by the EU, and in particular by the European Parliament. The
guiding idea of these suggestions is the adoption of a focused and streamlined strategic approach, envisaging a time-
frame for the European Union’s engagement which would allow for achieving sustainable results.
Eingehende Analyse EN
The LGBT toolkit
Art der Veröffentlichung Auf einen Blick
Kalenderdatum 06-05-2011
Verfasser BAKOWSKI Piotr
Politikbereich Menschenrechte | Raum der Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts
Schlagwortliste Diskriminierung aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | sexuelle Minderheit
Zusammenfassung In June 2010, the Council's Working Party on Human Rights adopted the 'Toolkit to promote and protect the enjoyment
of all human rights by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people'. The aim is to assist representatives of
EU institutions working on external policy to deal proactively with violations of human rights of LGBT people.
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Art der Veröffentlichung Studie
Kalenderdatum 14-06-2010
Externe Autor Lisa HORNER, Head of Research and Policy, Global Partners and Associates ; Dixie HAWTIN, Global Partners and
Associates ; Andrew PUDDEPHATT, Director, Global Partners and Associates - London, United Kingdom
Politikbereich Industrie | Kultur | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Auswirkungen der Informationstechnologie | digitale Kluft | digitale Technologie | Informationsverbreitung |
Kommunikationsmittel | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Recht der freien Meinungsäußerung |
Redefreiheit | Zensur
Zusammenfassung The rapid evolution of information and communications technology (ICT) and associated digital communications over
the past two decades has dramatically changed communication practices across the world. This has had profound
implications for human rights on a number of levels. Firstly, communication technologies are presenting new ways to
more fully realise our human rights. This is particularly true of the right to freedom of expression. Secondly, ICTs have
provided human rights activists with new tools for defending human rights. Internet access via mobile phones gives
citizens the power to communicate rights violations in real time to global audiences; social networking tools connect
human rights defenders across the world to enhance collaboration and information sharing; censorship circumvention
technologies allow people to bypass attempts to monitor and control information and communication flows. However,
as well as unleashing tremendous new opportunities for protecting and advancing human rights, digital
communications also present a series of serious challenges. These include direct threats to human rights, such as the
development of increasingly sophisticated censorship and surveillance mechanisms. They also include deeper,
structural problems such as the persistence of digital divides in access to communications infrastructure and capacities
along geographical, gender and social lines.
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31-01-2022 Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2022 - EP 9Human Rights Mainstreaming in EU’s External Relations
Art der Veröffentlichung Studie
Kalenderdatum 11-09-2009
Externe Autor Florence Benoit-Rohmer (EIUC, Project Team Leader), Horst Fischer (EIUC ; International Humanitarian Law, Ruhr-
University Bochum) and George Ulrich (EIUC).
With primary contributions from : Wolfgang Benedek (European Training Center for Human Rights and Democracy ;
International Law, University of Graz), Carmen Marquez Carrasco (International Public Law and International
Relations, University of Seville), Zdzislaw Kedzia (Constitutional Law, Adam Mickiewicz University of
Poznan), Michele Grigolo (European University Institute, Florence), Gerd Oberleitner (Institute of International Law and
International Relations, University
of Graz), Christian Pippan (Institute of International Law and International Relations, University of Graz), Chadi Sidhom
(Euromediterranean Human Rights Network - EMHRN), Matthias C. Kettemann (University of Graz) and Markus Möstl
(University of Graz)
Politikbereich Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Entwicklung und humanitäre Hilfe | Internationaler Handel | Menschenrechte | Raum der
Freiheit, der Sicherheit und des Rechts | Sicherheit und Verteidigung
Schlagwortliste Beziehungen der Union | Demokratie | Entwicklungshilfe | Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik | Governance |
handelspolitische Zusammenarbeit | Menschenrechte | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Migrationspolitik | Westlicher
Balkan
Zusammenfassung This study investigates the current status of human rights mainstreaming in EU external relations. It tracks the
evolution of the concept of human rights mainstreaming taking into account similarities and differences between the
UN and the EU, and reviews the relevant policy commitments and potential tools for human rights mainstreaming that
have been put in place by the EU since 2001. The current status and impact of human rights mainstreaming is then
examined with reference to three specific external relations policy areas, i.e. the CFSP/ESDP, development
cooperation and trade, and migration and asylum policy. Two cases – one thematic related to human rights defenders
and one regional concerning human rights policy vis-à-vis the Western Balkans – are focused upon in order to analyse
the intersection of different sectors and policy areas. The study argues in favour of a stronger centralised structure to
ensure effective human rights mainstreaming; including the possibility of establishing the position of an EU Human
Rights Commissioner. The authors also urge the European Union to re-design the European Instrument for Democracy
and Human Rights for a better mainstreaming effect and to promote human rights based approaches to programming
in the other financial instruments (most importantly regarding neighbourhood and development instruments).
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Nonviolent Civic Action in Support of Human Rights and Democracy
Art der Veröffentlichung Studie
Kalenderdatum 12-05-2009
Externe Autor Véronique DUDOUET (Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management, Berlin, Germany) and Howard
CLARK (Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies, Coventry University, United Kingdom)
Politikbereich Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Demokratie | Finanzhilfe | Gewaltlosigkeit | Menschenrechtsbewegung | Verteilung der Hilfe | Zivilgesellschaft
Zusammenfassung Nonviolent action is increasingly used by diverse groups around the world to demand human rights, advocate for
justice, establish democracy and insist on transparency and accountability in governance. It can serve as an
alternative to violent struggle for people facing oppression, undercut the power of extremist and militant armed groups,
and contribute to regional security and stability. This study argues that international support for nonviolent movements
can be vital, but needs to be based on an understanding of the movement itself, its strategy, circumstances and needs.
It must be an extension of, not a replacement for, local strategically-planned nonviolent resistance, and should be
informed by close consultation with grass-roots nonviolent movements about what is welcome and appropriate. The
authors propose that more should be done to make EU programmes less state-centred and to encourage
‘democratisation-from-below’, by supporting the independent organisational capacity of civil society.
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EU Policy Towards Belarus and Cuba : a Comparative Analysis
Art der Veröffentlichung
Eingehende Analyse
Kalenderdatum24-02-2009
Externe Autor
Joakim KREUTZ (Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden)
Politikbereich
Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste
Belarus | Beziehungen der Union | Demokratie | internationale Sanktion | Kuba | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung
Zusammenfassung This briefing paper explores the EU policy towards Belarus and Cuba, with a particular focus on the promotion of
human rights and democracy.
Eingehende Analyse EN
Citizens in Danger Human Rights and Freedom in Putin’s Russia
Art der Veröffentlichung Eingehende Analyse
Kalenderdatum 07-02-2008
Externe Autor Mme Marie MENDRAS, chercheur
Centre National de la recherche Scientifique,
Paris
Politikbereich Auswärtige Angelegenheiten | Demokratie | Menschenrechte
Schlagwortliste Andersdenkender | Demokratie | die Russische Föderation | Medienpluralismus | Menschenrechte |
Menschenrechtsbewegung | Recht der freien Meinungsäußerung | Redefreiheit | Repression | Zivilgesellschaft
Eingehende Analyse EN, FR
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