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This report evaluates the EU’s action to strengthen respect for human rights and democracy in North Africa and the Middle East. Assessing the EU’s changing institutional context since the Lisbon Treaty, it examines the major policy initiatives of 2011 in response to the events of the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring illustrated the limitations of the ‘stability versus human rights’ paradigm, and prompted the EU to promise that support for human rights and democracy would be central to its relations with the MENA-region. Such rhetoric must be matched by detailed action plans which incorporate the promotion of such values. As shown in the four case studies conducted for this report, laudable policy declarations must be implemented not only by tangible increases in budget lines, but also by concrete policy-structures capable of acting forcefully against human rights violations. The appointment of a Special Representative for Human Rights and the creation of the EED and CSF have the potential to achieve such goals, although the exact nature of these initiatives still need to be determined. This report recommends the EU to resolve its internal differences with regards to the region, to intensify its relations with other MENA partners, and suggests ways of enhancing the effectiveness of its policy.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union (European Parliament) , Fundación para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Diálogo Exterior (FRIDE)
- Themes: Fundamental rights , International policy
- Subject: change of political system , common foreign and security policy , cooperation policy , democratisation , human rights , Middle East , North Africa , the EU's international role
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-823-4009-7 | DOI 10.2861/90272 | Catalogue number BA-32-12-529-EN-N |
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