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CSW encourages the EU to make use of its influence and leverage to push third countries toward fulfilling their FoRB obligations. Institutionally, our EU advocacy is mostly directed toward the European Parliament, the European External Action Service, the Directorate-General for Trade in the European Commission, and member states via Council Working Parties.

News

Representatives from the EU and Vietnam at the human rights dialogue on 2 July.
In a break with recent practice, the EU has issued a unilateral statement after its latest human rights dialogue with Vietnam.
Credit: Facebook/Council Of The European Union
The decision follows a European Parliament resolution on 9 July that explicitly condemned the role of the UAE in the conflict.
Mairead McGuinness. Copyright European Union, 2024
Mairead has been a prominent figure in the leadership of the EU institutions over the last decade.

Reports

The constitution of India mandates a secular state and Article 25 guarantees the freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion.
Two years after the start of the devastating conflict in Sudan, CSW and 12 civil society organisations call on the EU and other international
Our organizations call on the European Union and its member states to take urgent, strategic and concrete steps to respond to the massive cost

Blog

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In terms of encouraging human rights improvements in third countries, trade policy is one of the more powerful tools at the EU's disposal.
SDN Khartoum stock. CREDIT Ammar Nassir on Unsplash
While the EU prefers to defer to the African Union on Sudan, the viability of its role as a mediator is limited.
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While the situation of people in other countries is too rarely a priority electoral issue, some politicisation of human rights is nevertheless common.

Features & Magazine Issues

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. Licensed CC BY 2.0
A new tool in the toolbox: The EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime
What exactly is the new EU tool?...
CSW at the EU
CSW at the EU
Alessandro Pecorari, our Europe Liaison Officer, shares his thoughts and predictions on what Brexit will mean for CSWs work at the EU....
The genocide debate
Youve undoubtedly seen the photos of the refugees fleeing Syria in unprecedented numbers as the civil war enters its fifth year....