Page 153 - El État de los derechos humanos en el desarrollo sostenible

EL ETAT DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE

The European Union must develop a transparent and comprehensible application of the
human rights clauses. The specific incorporation of the application of human rights clauses

in the EU Human Rights Report would be a good approach in this respect. Additionally, the

European Union should base their human rights clauses also on second generation economic

and social human rights. The EU should establish an economic impact-analysis in the light of
social welfare human rights, make these assessments open to the public and incorporate

them as an integral part in the negotiation and ratification of the agreements. Not only

would these actions increase the transparency and credibility of EU trade and human rights
policies, but they could also contribute significantly to sustainable improvement of the social

and economic situation in developing countries.

Recommended bibliography

Aaronson, Susan Ariel, in: "Human Rights", in: Preferential Trade Agreement Policies for
Development, 2011, pp. 443-466.

Bartels, Lorand, Human Rights Conditionality in the EU´s International Agreements, Oxford,
Oxford University Press, 2005.

-----, The European Parliaments Role in Relation Human Rights in Trade and Investment Agreements,

European Union, 2014.

Cuyckens, Hanne, "Human Rights Clauses in Agreements between the Community and

Third Countries. The Case of the Cotonou Agreement", Katholike Universiteit Leuven. Institute

for International Law. Working Paper No 147, 2010, p. 18.

155