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Article 21 Nov 2016
German Human Rights Policy in a Multipolar World
Introduction Rising powers need not fear criticism of human rights abuses from Berlin, for trade trumps human rights in German foreign policy. This conventional wisdom is frequently invoked by human rights activists and journalists alike, but it is neither very informative nor entirely correct.… -
Commentary 05 Apr 2016
China’s White Paper on Human Rights
Executive Summary As a consequence of the Chinese government’s violent repression of the Tiananmen Square protests on June 4, 1989, human rights have become a central topic in the foreign relations of the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese party-state was internationally criticized for the… -
Study 14 Dec 2015
Can Shaming Promote Human Rights?
Publicity in Human Rights Foreign Policy Executive Summary NGOs and states alike can publicly criticize repressive governments. Such “shaming” serves to attract attention to actions perceived as wrongful. Shaming seeks to increase the costs for offenders and thus acts as a deterrence mechanism. In… -
Book review 01 Oct 2015
Book Review: China’s Human Rights Lawyers
Advocacy and Resistance, by Eva Pils At a time when China’s human rights lawyers are facing systematic repression, Eva Pils’s illuminating book provides a timely and engaging account of their work, fears and aspirations. The study, based on extensive face-to-face conversations with weiquan lawyers… -
Study 21 Sep 2015
Set Political Prisoners Free
Political imprisonment remains an entrenched practice in a diverse range of authoritarian countries. Political prisoners are detained for calling attention to political shortcomings, asking for reform or participation rights and demanding individual freedoms – in other words, exercising fundamental… -
Book 03 Aug 2015
The EU’s Human Rights Dialogue with China
The European Union uses a confidential, institutionalized Dialogue to raise human rights concerns with China, but little is publicly known about its set-up, its substance, its development over time and its impact. This book provides the first detailed reconstruction and assessment of the EU’s… -
Commentary 24 Mar 2015
What Germany Can Do For Imprisoned Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi
Public outrage over the imprisonment of Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi has born first fruits. In 2014, the 31-year-old internet activist was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with 1,000 lashes. Thanks to international outcry, the flogging was recently suspended. As the media uproar fades,… -
Article 05 Mar 2015
Democracy Promotion and China: Blocker or Bystander?
The increasingly prosperous, mighty and assertive China is arguably the most powerful country blocking democracy today. In addition to withholding democratic rights of one-fifth of the world's population, authoritarian China represents an alternative development model that has gained significant… -
Study 25 Nov 2014
Global Trends Jeopardize Rights-Based Child Protection
Executive Summary Child protection in development cooperation is facing new global challenges. This year, the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) provides an apt opportunity to enhance the protection of children in the context of changing global frameworks for… -
Commentary 09 Jan 2014
Michail Chodorkowski: Respekt für die Menschenrechte
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Article 24 Apr 2013
Chinas Menschenrechtspolitik in den UN
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Commentary 08 Apr 2013
Willkür kann man nicht wegschmeicheln
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Book chapter 14 Mar 2013
Resisting the Power of Human Rights: The People’s Republic of China
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Commentary 12 Dec 2012
Warum die Menschenrechtspolitik der EU trotz des Nobelpreises nicht hält, was sie verspricht
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Commentary 16 Oct 2012
Peking bewegt sich nur unter Druck
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Journal article 30 Sep 2012
Will China’s Rise Lead to a New Normative Order?
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Commentary 07 Oct 2011
Warum kuscht ihr so vor China?
Seit der Vergabe des Friedensnobelpreises an den chinesischen Demokratieaktivisten Liu Xiaobo am 8. Oktober 2010 ist ein Jahr vergangen. Es war kein gutes Jahr für die Menschenrechte in China. Liu sitzt weiterhin für seine Mitautorschaft der Charta 08, einer politischen Reformagenda, in Haft. Und er… -
Commentary 23 Jun 2011
Und Peking bewegt sich doch
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Journal article 31 Mar 2011
Talking Human Rights to China
A human rights dialogue between the European Union and China has been going on since 1995. It runs on three tracks and includes a diplomatic level, expert seminars and technical co-operation projects. The three levels are supposed to interact with and benefit from each other. This article focuses on… -
Book chapter 31 Dec 2009
The EU, China and Human Rights