Human Rights and Minority Rights in the European Union

This book 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. The book goes on to analyse the EU's policy on minorities, as a particular example of human rights.

List of contents

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

About the author

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.

Summary

This book 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. The book goes on to analyse the EU’s policy on minorities, as a particular example of human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Kirsten Shoraka, Kirsten (University of Hertfordshire Shoraka, Shoraka Kirsten
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2012
• EAN: 9780415631488
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63148-8
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Routledge Research in EU Law; Routledge Research in EU Law
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, LAW / General, LAW / Civil Rights, LAW / Comparative, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Human rights, civil rights, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law