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The EU’s practice of their targeted financial sanctions against third states - A comparative study of the EU’s external actions in the Central American region

Magnil, Daniel LU (2022) STVK02 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Both research and theoretical approaches try to understand the EU’s motives for their external actions. Some argue the EU is a normative power, using their financial sanctions upon the human right principles, while others claim that the EU is governed by security interests, and where financial sanctions are used to control other states. The purpose of the thesis is to examine whether the EU’s financial sanctions align with their human right guidelines in order to discuss the character of the EU as a global actor. This will be done by comparing the Central American countries' human rights situation with each other between 2014-2020. The thesis is using a most similar system design to study this and concludes that the EU’s targeted financial... (More)
Both research and theoretical approaches try to understand the EU’s motives for their external actions. Some argue the EU is a normative power, using their financial sanctions upon the human right principles, while others claim that the EU is governed by security interests, and where financial sanctions are used to control other states. The purpose of the thesis is to examine whether the EU’s financial sanctions align with their human right guidelines in order to discuss the character of the EU as a global actor. This will be done by comparing the Central American countries' human rights situation with each other between 2014-2020. The thesis is using a most similar system design to study this and concludes that the EU’s targeted financial sanctions align with their human right guidelines, in some ways and in other ways not. Finally, the EU is more likely to prioritize democratic rights over women's rights. (Less)
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author
Magnil, Daniel LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
The EU, Normative Power Approach, targeted financial sanctions, human right guidelines, Central America
language
English
id
9070342
date added to LUP
2022-03-14 12:20:12
date last changed
2022-03-14 12:20:12
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  abstract     = {{Both research and theoretical approaches try to understand the EU’s motives for their external actions. Some argue the EU is a normative power, using their financial sanctions upon the human right principles, while others claim that the EU is governed by security interests, and where financial sanctions are used to control other states. The purpose of the thesis is to examine whether the EU’s financial sanctions align with their human right guidelines in order to discuss the character of the EU as a global actor. This will be done by comparing the Central American countries' human rights situation with each other between 2014-2020. The thesis is using a most similar system design to study this and concludes that the EU’s targeted financial sanctions align with their human right guidelines, in some ways and in other ways not. Finally, the EU is more likely to prioritize democratic rights over women's rights.}},
  author       = {{Magnil, Daniel}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The EU’s practice of their targeted financial sanctions against third states - A comparative study of the EU’s external actions in the Central American region}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}