The European Union and multilateral governance : assessing EU participation in United Nations human rights and environmental fora / edited by Jan Wouters, Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium, Hans Bruyninckx, Professor of International Relations and Global Environmental Governance, University of Leuven, Belgium, Sudeshna Basu, Doctoral Researcher, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven, Belgium and Simon Schunz, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wouters, Jan, 1964- editor.

Bruyninckx, Hans, 1964- editor.

Basu, Sudeshna, 1979- editor.

Schunz, Simon, editor.

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations--European Union countries.

United Nations.

Human rights--International cooperation.

Human rights.

Environmental protection--International cooperation.

Environmental protection.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xiv, 285 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

'Effective multilateralism' and support for the United Nations rank among the key principles guiding the external activities of the European Union. To better understand and explain the EU's participation and position in the UN, the contributors to this book develop an interdisciplinary conceptual framework to systematically assess the EU's legal statuses and roles in contemporary multilateral global governance, prior to and after the Lisbon Treaty. Expert and policy-makers from EU and the UN apply this framework to eight topical cases of EU participation in UN human rights and environmental governance fora, yielding ample empirical insights into the Union's performance in and contribution to UN multilateralism. A cross-case comparison highlight recurring patterns of explanatory factors of the Union's performance, which challenge the conventional wisdom that the EU is by virtue of its alleged multilateral genes an apt multilateral player. The book concludes by setting the future research agenda on the EU in the UN system and offers concise policy recommendations to the EU's foreign policy-makers. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Introduction

1 The European Union's Participation in United Nations Human Rights and Environmental Governance: Key Concepts and Major Challenges / Sudeshna Basu Basu, Sudeshna, Simon Schunz Schunz, Simon, Hans Bruyninckx Bruyninckx, Hans, Jan Wouters Wouters, Jan 3

Part II Analytical Framework

2 Analysing the Position of the European Union in the United Nations System: Analytical Framework / Simon Schunz Schunz, Simon, Sudeshna Basu Basu, Sudeshna, Hans Bruyninckx Bruyninckx, Hans, Stephan Keukeleire Keukeleire, Stephan, Fan Wouters Wouters, Fan 25

Part III The EU in UN Human Rights Governance

3 Legal Framework for EU Participation in Global Human Rights Governance / Davide Zaru Zaru, Davide, Charles-Michel Geurts Geurts, Charles-Michel 49

4 The EU in the UNGA Third Committee / Emanuele Giaufret Giaufret, Emanuele 66

5 The European Union in the Human Rights Council / Sudeshna Basu Basu, Sudeshna 86

6 The EU in the Negotiations of a UN General Assembly Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty / Robert Kissack Kissack, Robert 103

7 The European Union in the 2009 Durban Review Conference / Joëlle Hivonnet Hivonnet, Joëlle 122

Part IV The EU in UN Environmental Governance

8 Legal Aspects of EU Participation in Global Environmental Governance under the UN Umbrella / Tim Corthaut Corthaut, Tim, Dries Van Eeckhoutte Eeckhoutte, Dries Van 145

9 The European Union in the Commission on Sustainable Development / Karoline Van den Brande Brande, Karoline Van den 171

10 The EU in the United Nations Climate Change Regime / Simon Schunz Schunz, Simon 191

11 The EU in the Negotiations on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety / Tom Delreux Delreux, Tom 214

12 The EU in the World Summit on Sustainable Development / Simon Lightfoot Lightfoot, Simon 232

Part V Implications and Conclusion

13 The Position(s) of the EU in the UN System: The Examples of Human Rights and Environmental Governance / Hans Bruyninckx Bruyninckx, Hans, Jan Wouters Wouters, Jan, Sudeshna Basu Basu, Sudeshna, Simon Schunz Schunz, Simon 253.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230282315

0230282318

OCLC:

766300988