Současná Evropa 2014, 2014(2):41-64

The Impact of EU Human Rights Commitments on Its Trade Negotiations Case Study: Serbia

Monika Bokšová

Článek se zabývá vlivem lidsko-právních závazků EU na její obchodní vyjednávání se Srbskem. Analýza byla zpracována na základě dostupných dat z obchodních smluv, mezinárodních zpráv hodnotících stav lidských práv v Srbsku, strategií rozšíření EU, tiskových konfrencí a oficiálních stanovisek evropských institucí. Vliv lidsko-právních závazků EU na její obchodní vyjednávání se Srbskem je zkoumán prostřednictvím čtyř proměnných (důvod, definice, priorita, podmíněnost) v letech 2003-2013. Ukazuje se, že EU ve svých obchodních vyjednáváních aktivně využívá principu podmíněnosti a je silným normativním hráčem.

Keywords: Lidská práva, vyjednávání, obchod, podmíněnost, vnější činnost EU

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of the EU commitment to Human Rights on its trade negotiations with Serbia. The data collected was from completed trade agreements, human rights reports, progress reports and enlargement strategies, as well as a wide range of press conferences and statements made by various European institutions. The positioning by the EU of human rights commitments within their trade negotiations are analysed through four variables (rationale, definition, priority and conditionality) over a ten year period from 2003-2013 by using a process tracing method. These trade negotiations demonstrate that the EU has been playing a highly normative role in such negotiations with Serbia using actively the principle of conditionality.

Keywords: Human Rights, Negotiations, Trade, Conditionality, EU External Action
JEL classification: F15

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