FOSTERINGHUMAN RIGHTSAMONGEUROPEAN(EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL)POLICIES

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COORDINATOR

BELGIUMLeuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, KU Leuvenwww.globalgovernancestudies.eu

PARTNERS

ITALYEuropean Inter-University Centre for Human Rights andDemocratisation • www.eiuc.org

AUSTRIALudwig Boltzmann Association – Institute of Human Rights, Viennahttp://bim.lbg.ac.at

UNITED KINGDOMHuman Rights Law Centre, University of Nottinghamwww.nottingham.ac.uk/hrlc/index.aspx

SPAINPedro Arrupe Human Rights Institute University of Deusto • www.idh.deusto.es

AUSTRIAEuropean Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy • www.etc-graz.at

DENMARKDanish Institute for Human Rightswww.humanrights.dk

THE NETHERLANDSNetherlands Institute of Human Rights,Utrecht University • www.uu.nl

POLANDChair of Constitutional Law & Poznan HumanRights Centre Adam Mickiewicz Universityhttps://amu.edu.pl/, https://prawo.amu.edu.pl/en

HUNGARYInstitute of Political and International StudiesEötvös Loránd Universitywww.elte.hu/en/social_sciences

IRELANDSchool of Politics and International RelationsUniversity College Dublin • www.ucd.ie

SPAINResearch Group Human Rights and Globalisation,Department of Law, University of Seville •

www.us.es/eng/about/index.html

FINLANDInstitute for Human Rights, Department of Law, Åbo Akademi Universitywww.abo.fi/humanrights

CHINAInstitute for Human Rights, China University of Political Science and Lawhttp://gate.cupl.edu.cn/rqrdyjs

MOROCCOInternational University of Rabatwww.uir.ac.ma/

INDIAIndian Society of International Law www.isil-aca.org/

PERUInstitute for Democracy and Human RightsPontificia Universidad Catòlica del Perùhttp://idehpucp.pucp.edu.pe/

SOUTH AFRICACenter for Human Rights, University ofPretoria • www1.chr.up.ac.za/

UNITED STATESInstitute for the Study of Human Rights,Columbia Universityhttp://hrcolumbia.org/

PROJECT COORDINATIONProf. Dr. Jan Wouters (Project Coordinator), Nicolas Hachez (Project Manager),Dominique De Brabanter (Communication)Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (KU Leuven) • House De DorlodotDeberiotstraat 34, 3000 Leuven, BelgiumT: +32 16 32 53 84 • E-mail: info@fp7-frame.eu

PROJECT INFORMATION European Commission Officer: Dr. Yuri Borgmann-Prebil,Scientic Office/Research Programme OfficerDuration of the project: 1 May 2013 – 30 April 2017EU contribution: ¤ 6,435,059.00This project has received funding from the EuropeanUnion’s Seventh Framework Programme for research,technological development and demonstration. (Grant Agreement No. 320000)

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ACTORS: As a multi-level actor, the EU engages with a variety of actors in order to protect and promote human rights throughout the world, either topartner with them, or to challenge their acts and vision. To appraise theeffectiveness of EU engagement, FRAME scrutinizes the EU’s relations with(i) the UN and global institutions; (ii) regional organisations; (iii) third countries;(iv) non-state actors and (v) the Union Institutions and Member States.

POLICIES: Coherence is crucial for the EU’s aspiration to become a leader in human rights promotion, particularly regarding (i) development and trade;(ii) violations of human rights in conflicts; (iii) freedom, security and justice;and (iv) external human rights and democratisation policy. FRAME criticallyassesses the EU’s integration of human rights concerns into these designatedpolicies.

TOOLS: Bringing together all research findings, FRAME will formulate policyrecommendations on human rights promotion through the EU’s relations andpolicies, including (i) effectiveness indicators; (ii) policy toolboxes; and(iii) policy proposals and legal, political and operational guidance to facilitate the implementation of human rights mainstreaming in different EU policies.

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WHAT is FRAME?

FRAME is an interdisciplinary, four-year research project on ‘FosteringHuman Rights Among European (External and Internal) Policies’aiming to cast European Human Rights Policies from a comprehensive,multi-actor and global perspective. FRAME is a collaborative projectof 19 academic partners and approximately 100 researchers from the EU and abroad.

WHY is FRAME relevant for the EU?

The EU vows to protect and promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law within and beyond its borders. In spite of its commitmentto put fundamental rights and freedoms at the centre of its external andinternal policies, the EU is facing challenges to this commitment:fragmentation of human rights-related competences among its Institutionsand in relation to its Member States; coherence between its internal,external and overall human rights policies; growing contestation of theuniversality and legitimacy of human rights norms by third countries.FRAME will assess the EU’s response to these challenges and aim toequip European policy-makers with relevant instruments and tools.

HOW does FRAME make a difference?

FRAME seeks to develop comprehensive and coherent European HumanRights Policies, including: (i) knowledge of the factors, concepts andinstruments underlying the protection and promotion of human rightsat the EU, international and national levels; (ii) appraisal of the EU’scontribution to human rights through its wide-ranging policies andinstruments; (iii) scrutiny of the effectiveness of human rightspromotion across EU institutions, competences and policies; and(iv) indicators, tools and policy proposals allowing for human rightspromotion through EU external and internal actions and policies.

WHO does FRAME address?

The FRAME research is directly relevant to human rights academics,practitioners, civil society and policy-makers at the local, national,regional, international and EU levels. Committed to raising awarenessand strengthening knowledge of EU human rights policies, FRAMEalso targets universities, research centres and the general publicthroughout Europe and beyond.

THEMATIC CLUSTERS

FRAME is organized around 4 clusters of research:

FACTORS: In order to grasp the complex challenges that humanrights governance is facing today, FRAME will address the followingfactors (i) the key cultural, economic, historical, legal, political,religious, social and technological factors that may impact humanrights; (ii) the EU’s conception of human rights, democracy and therule of law upon which the EU is founded; and (iii) the multi-levelinstitutions and instruments seeking to protect human rights at the EU, international and national levels.

• Toolbox • Recommendations • Outreach to policy-makers

• Understanding EU impacton human rights

• Human rights networks • Training officials and

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• Academic network• Outreach to third country

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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

VÉRONIQUE ARNAULTFormer Director for Human Rights and Democracyat the European External Action Service

MÓNICA DEL CARMEN SERRANO CARRETOProfessor of International Relations at the Colegiode México

JAN EGELANDSecretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council

ANDREAS FOLLESDAL Professor of Political Philosophy at the NorwegianCentre for Human Rights, University of Oslo

JONAS GRIMHEDENHead of Sector Access to Justice at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)

ANTONIO TRINDADE Judge at the International Court of Justice

FRANÇOISE TULKENSFormer Judge and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights

TOBY VOGEL Freelance Journalist

ABIODUN WILLIAMSPresident of The Hague Institute for Global Justice

The views expressed during the execution of the FRAME project,in whatever form and or by whatever medium, are the soleresponsibility of the authors. The European Union is not liablefor any use that may be made of the information containedtherein.