The International Federation for Human Rights has submitted a contribution focusing on human rights in Africa, and particularly on the protection of human rights defenders. In addition they have submitted a position paper on Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and human rights.
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This article is written by Marie-Laure de Bergh, ECDPM, and reviews the present institutional framework for EU-Africa relations and assesses the structural changes that would need to be made in order to deliver on the ambitions of the future joint EU-Africa Strategy to be adapted at the foreseen Lisbon Summit in December 2007.
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Two members of the Pan-African and the European Parliaments have commented on the involvement of the parliaments in the context of the EU-Africa Strategy.
Ms Saida AGREBi is a Tunisian member of the Pan-African Parliament. She is also President of the Tunisian Mothers Association, and member of the UN and AU ECOSOCC etc… In her contribution, Ms AGREBI argues that because of strong historical relations and mutually beneficial experiences, the Pan-African Parliament and its European counterparts should keep enhancing their collaboration.
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Ms Glenys Kinnock is a British member of the European Parliament. She is the co-chair of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly. In her contribution Ms Kinnock argues that Parliaments and especially national Parliaments should be involved in the follow up of EU-Africa relations.
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According to Jonathan Holslag of the European Voice, the EU should be aware that its fixation with dialogues and joint projects with a high visibility does not alter the requirement that any policy should thrive on influence. While talking, the EU forgets that its proper position in Africa weakens fast, mainly because it fails to translate its huge potential weight into real diplomatic clout. Europe’s Africa policy should evolve from a thin to a thick diplomacy. Only by reinvigorating its own Africa strategy and by speaking with one voice, can the EU stay in the game and help avoiding that the new scramble (particularly with China) degenerates into a new race to the bottom. If not, it might end up as a naked emperor, without the credibility to play a central role in its own backyard.
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In this paper Niagalé Bagoyoko and Marie V. Gibert from the Institue of Devlopment Studies discusses how the European Union’s agenda in Africa has progressively integrated governance and security elements. This paper argues that this agenda is at least as much determined by the bureaucratic and national affiliations of the concerned EU actors as it is by African realities and international trends. African security indeed triggers a competition between the different European institutions, eager to be the driving force for a policy that can offer some additional resources and autonomy.
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