Human Rights and Minority Rights in the European Union

ISBN-13: 9780415631488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 328 str.

Kirsten Shoraka

Opis

This text examines the development and the role of human rights in the European Union, arguing that human rights have become an important component of the foreign policy of the European Union. It goes on to analyse the EU's policy on minorities, as a particular example of human rights.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.