Judy Asks: Is the EU Willing to Defend Human Rights Globally?
February 04, 2021 Ken GodfreyExecutive Director of the European Partnership for Democracy Willing? Mostly. Able? Not enough. Broadly speaking, the EU is a strong supporter of human rights around the world and has taken recent steps to reinforce this image through a new human rights sanctions mechanism and a new Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy. It also seems to me that the European Commission of President Ursula von der Leyen is more willing to speak out on certain human rights abuse when compared to its predecessor—while simultaneously finding agreement on gender rights and LGBT r...
Source: carnegieeurope.eu
