Suchergebnisse

I. Einleitung II. Rechtliche und strategische Grundlagen III. Institutioneller Rahmen IV. EU-Mitwirkung im Menschenrechtsrat V. Akteure und Positionen im Menschenrechtsrat VI. Schlussbetrachtungen

EU commitment to human rights policies has grown following the Lisbon Treaty. Taking stock of those developments, this book describes the framework, actors, policies, and strategies of human rights across the EU and how their impact is felt. Contributed to by scholars from across the EU, this provides an in-depth and holistic view of the issues.

Based primarily on legal and policy documents, this chapter outlines the European Union's (EU's) conceptions of human rights. It also identifies major conceptual challenges the EU faces in developing human rights action. Key among these conceptual challenges are the tensions between the EU's economic objectives and upholding human rights, and the difficulty to create a universal and inclusive human rights legal subject. The chapter concludes by identifying opportunities to coin more inclusive and coherent conceptualisations by drawing on the concepts of vulnerability and intersectionality.