Conceptual underpinnings of the EU’s commitment to human rights

L.P.A. Sosa; A.S.H. Timmer

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Conceptual underpinnings of the EU’s commitment to human rights

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The European Union and Human Rights
Subtitle of host publication	Law and Policy
Editors	Jan Wouters, Manfred Nowak, Anna-Luise Chané, Nicolas Hachez
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	3
Pages	62-78
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9780198814191
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198814191.003.0004
Publication status	Published - 17 Dec 2020

Keywords

human rights conceptions
EU human rights
social rights
CFR
universality
diversity
intersectionality
vulnerability

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Conceptual underpinnings of the EU’s commitment to human rights. / Sosa, L.P.A.; Timmer, A.S.H.
The European Union and Human Rights: Law and Policy. ed. / Jan Wouters; Manfred Nowak; Anna-Luise Chané; Nicolas Hachez. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 62-78.

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