Sous-commission Droits de l'homme (DROI) - Parlement européen

There is a general perception in Western countries that the role of values as a foreign policy driver is currently on the decline. This study in the series ‘global trends in external policies’ seeks to contribute to the debate by investigating what is meant by ‘values’, whether their importance is on the wane and, if so, how this manifests itself, and how the European Union (EU) can respond to these trends. The broad concept of values has therefore been split into five categories. Socio-cultural values are implicit drivers of foreign policy. In the case of the EU, these are characterised by diversity. ‘Political values’ is used as a term to describe the fundamental principles of political and public action, defining the relationship between the state and its citizens. For the EU, these are often referred to as the triad of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Economic values characterise the nature of the prevailing economic system in a country. The EU advocates a social market economy. The term ‘Earth values’ refers to the inclusion of environmental considerations in external policies. The EU has become a leader in promoting sustainability. Resulting from the preceding four are ‘international order values’, which characterise the overall international outlook of actors. The EU’s international order value is ‘principled pragmatism’. This study compares the EU’s values with those of four reference countries: the US, Turkey, Russia and China. The US in the West comes closest to many of the EU’s values, but does not overlap completely. Turkey and Russia are in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood and increasingly disagree with the EU on values. Chinese values overlap least with the EU’s values. The study confirms a decline in the influence of the political values preferred by the EU. This decline appears to correspond to a clear West-East spectrum. However, the study also notes an opposite trend of increasing influence of Earth values. For these, a Eurocentric spectrum appears more adequate. For economic values, the definition of trends depends on benchmarks and methodology. The international order notion of ‘principled pragmatism’ has been extended to ‘EU strategic autonomy’. Values are often considered as part of EU strategic autonomy and some policies, such as EU accession or trade policy, incorporate them. A values-based approach to external policies should differentiate according to the partner country and the value category concerned. Whereas cooperation on political values does not appear to be fruitful with certain countries, continued efforts on economic or Earth values may still be possible. The study explores what such a differentiated approach could mean for the four reference countries in the near future. Such an approach should also take into account the differing perceptions of partner countries. Although positive avenues of cooperation on, for example, Earth values are still possible, geopolitical tensions, partly rooted in differing values, are overshadowing this path.
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The Monthly Highlights publication provides an overview, at a glance, of the on-going work of the policy departments, including a selection of the latest and forthcoming publications, and a list of future events.
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Durée de la vidéo : 95'

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Durée de la vidéo : 117'

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Durée de la vidéo : 63'

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Durée de la vidéo : 46'

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Durée de la vidéo : 72'

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The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico
Myanmar, one year after the coup
Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Durée de la vidéo : 145'

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Durée de la vidéo : 113'

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Durée de la vidéo : 65'

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Jeudi, le Parlement européen a adopté trois résolutions sur la situation des droits humains au Myanmar, au Mexique et dans le Haut-Karabakh.
Commission des affaires étrangères
Sous-commission "Droits de l'homme"

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Durée de la vidéo : 119'

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A series of events were held in the framework of the Afghan Women Days high-level conference organised by the European Parliament on 1-2 February 2022 with the participation of prominent Afghan women who were nominated as Sakharov Prize finalists in 2021.
The Afghan Women Days will tackle different angles, including the current humanitarian crisis and the Taliban repressive rule and the challenges of going into exile and building a new life away from homeland.
The screening of 'Hava, Maryam, Ayesha' by Afghan film-maker Sahraa Karimi, followed by a debate, took place on Tuesday 1 February at 18.00-20.15 and was moderated by Ms Clare Daly, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Afghanistan.

The programme of all scheduled events and links to their webstreaming can be found below.
Profile of Afghan Women, Sakharov Prize 2021 finalists
The Afghan Women Days - 1 and 2 February 2022 - draft programme
Afghan women days - High-level Conference on Afghan women - 1 February
Afghan women days - Workshop: Solidarity with Afghan women parliamentarians
Afghan women days - Workshop: Connecting Afghan women activists in exile
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Climate change and continued environmental degradation on ecosystems are one of the greatest threat facing the human rights, as they pose serious risks to the fundamental rights to life, health, water, food, housing and an adequate standard of living for individuals. They have a particularly negative impact on the poorest countries in the world and the rights of most vulnerable people, the rights of indigenous peoples and of natural-resource-dependent communities.
While international recognition of the relationship between human rights, climate and environment has grown, the European Parliament and its Subcommittee on Human Rights are strongly committed to the development of EU specific external policies and sustainable actions in this field. Parliament's objective is to counter the negative effect of climate change and environmental degradation on the enjoyment of human rights. It also aims at enhancing human rights obligations to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment and access to natural resources, which is a way to better protect climate and ecosystems. The Parliament has always highlighted the obligations and responsibility of states and businesses in this regard, and it works with the latter as well as with environmental human rights defenders to progress towards this goal.
European Parliament resolution of 19 May 2021 on the effects of climate change on human rights and the role of environmental defenders on this matter
Report on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives
Access to water as a human right - the external dimension
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