Norm collision in the European Union’s external policies: The case of European Union sanctions towards Rwanda

Saltnes, Johanne Døhlie

doi:10.1177/0010836717710528

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“…The reactions of the Danish and Dutch governments substantiate the expectation that a high‐visibility approach, while politicizing relations with Uganda, may de‐politicize the issue internally in donor countries when domestic actors are pressing for accountability. This follows from the expectation of minimum requirements to consistency in foreign policy and the need for visible reactions to enhance legitimacy for a human rights promotion policy internally (Saltnes, 2017).…”

Section: Eu‐internal Politicization Of Lgbti Human Rights Promotion: ‘The Donor Entrepeneurs’mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU‐Uganda Development Partnership

Saltnes

Thiel

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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The EU is committed to promoting human rights through its development policy. This article argues that its expansive human rights framework has led to EU‐internal and outside‐in politicization of LGBTI rights in Uganda. It views contestation as a mechanism of politicization and suggests two paths through which contestation occurs; based on the normative core or on the application of human rights conditionality. We establish these paths through a case study of politicization of LGBTI rights promotion in the Uganda–EU partnership. While member states' policies are more affected by political pressure from domestic constituents, EU institutions aim to depoliticize the issue and prioritizes diplomatic channels. Conversely, conditionality operates as a driver for contestation in beneficiary states. Whereas postcolonial studies interpret claims of universal rights as neo‐colonial intervention, our findings highlight a more nuanced applicatory contestation by rights activists. These actors insert themselves as change agents aiming to reshape the policies of international norm promoters.

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Section: Eu‐internal Politicization Of Lgbti Human Rights Promotion: ‘The Donor Entrepeneurs’mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU‐Uganda Development Partnership

Saltnes

Thiel

2021

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Many studies on EU sanctions are based on specific cases, such as EU sanctions on Russia [9], EU sanctions on Myanmar, and EU sanctions on Rwanda [10]. The sanctions on the EU and Cambodia are relatively blank.…”

Section: Sanction and Economic Sanctionmentioning

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A Successful Failure

Hao¹,

Lyu²,

Ma³

2021

Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)

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Due to the emergence of serious human rights violations by the Cambodian government, the European Commission has decided to temporarily revoke Cambodia's current tariff preferences. It is undeniable that the EBA tariff preferential measures have promoted the rapid development of the Cambodian economy, but the EBA plan is not only an economic and trade method. It is tied to political conditions and contains the transmission of values such as human rights and democratic principles. With such a disparity between the two sides' forces, how the underdeveloped countries defend their democratic rights has become an urgent problem to be solved. In this regard, this article first gives a brief overview of Cambodia's political and economic background, briefly defines the EBA plan's conceptual content, and then further explains the evolution of the European Union's sanctions imposed on Cambodia. Finally, analyze the impact of these sanctions on Cambodia based on human rights issues. It is undeniable that the European Union's withdrawal of the EBA tariff preference program has a negative impact on Cambodia's economic development. Cambodia has not succumbed to the European Union but chose to safeguard national sovereignty. From a third-party perspective, sanctions can provide a certain degree of reference for improving human rights and labor rights in Cambodia, which is conducive to its positive development.

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“…Déjà en février 2017, l'armée congolaise avait fait le rapatriement à Bujumbura de 186 présumés rebelles burundais qu'elle avait arrêtés dans la plaine de la Ruzizi. Des cadres politiques et militaires de haut niveau du mouvement FBP, ex-FOREBU 31 , ont également été arrêtés en Tanzanie en novembre 2017 32 .…”

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Political Chronicles of the African Great Lakes Region 2019

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Norm collision in the European Union’s external policies: The case of European Union sanctions towards Rwanda

Cited by 19 publications

References 26 publications

The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU‐Uganda Development Partnership

The Politicization of LGBTI Human Rights Norms in the EU‐Uganda Development Partnership

A Successful Failure

Political Chronicles of the African Great Lakes Region 2019

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