The EU-Central Asia Human Rights Dialogues: Making a Difference?
The EU-Central Asia Human Rights Dialogues: Making a Difference?

Author(s): Vera Axyonova
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Politics and law, Sociology of Politics, Geopolitics
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Keywords: European Union; Central Asia; human rights; democratization policy;
Summary/Abstract: Structured human rights dialogues (HRDs) were introduced as part of the broader EU democratisation policy towards Central Asian states after the adoption of the ‘EU and Central Asia: Strategy for a New Partnership’ in June 2007. The dialogues are conducted on a bilateral basis with each of the five Central Asian republics. As with the human rights dialogues established by the EU with a number of other countries, the HRDs with the Central Asian states are designed to ‘discuss questions of mutual interest and enhance cooperation on human rights, inter alia in multilateral arena such as the United Nations and the OSCE’ as well as to ‘raise the concerns felt by the EU on human rights in the countries concerned, gather information and launch initiatives to improve the relevant human rights situation.’

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