The Impact of Parliamentary Diplomacy, Civil Society and Human Rights Advocacy on EU Strategic Partners: The Case of Mexico

in Stavridis, Stelios; Jančić, Davor (Eds.) Parliamentary Diplomacy in European and Global Governance (2017)

The European Parliament (EP) maintains relations with almost all third countries in the world, including the European Union (EU) strategic partners, such as Mexico. However, the EP’s influence on EU ... [more ▼]

The European Parliament (EP) maintains relations with almost all third countries in the world, including the European Union (EU) strategic partners, such as Mexico. However, the EP’s influence on EU external relations remains unclear in the literature, especially when acting as a guardian of human rights. Based on three major case studies of human rights abuse in Mexico: the Chiapas conflict, feminicide and the disappearance of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, the chapter inquires whether the EP has influenced EU relations towards strategic partners while fulfilling its role of promoting human rights worldwide, and if so, how EP delegations and civil society organisations (CSOs) have contributed to this influence. The chapter provides an in-depth understanding of the performance of the EP, its parliamentary delegations and CSOs over time (1995-2016) and before and after the establishment of the EU-Mexico strategic partnership, as well as interesting insights for parliamentary diplomacy in general drawn from pioneering empirical research. The chapter concludes that the EP has exerted influence on EU relations towards strategic partners. Its delegations and CSOs have indeed contributed to this influence through different means, such as information provision and joint advocacy. [less ▲]

Parlamentos, sociedades civiles y gobiernos como coadyuvantes para promover el respeto de los derechos humanos entre regiones: El caso de las relaciones entre México y la Unión Europea (Conferencia de apertura - Espacio Parlamento Europeo)

Scientific Conference (2016)

Elites parlamentarias y relaciones interregionales: Alcances institucionales en la construcción de una identidad política interregional

Scientific Conference (2015)

Participación de la sociedad civil en México y la Unión Europea: Oportunidades actuales de institucionalización del diálogo desde una perspectiva comparada

in Huacuja Acevedo, Luis (Ed.) Temas de la Coyuntura en la relación México-Unión Europea (La agenda de la Comisión Parlamentaria Mixta México-UE 2013-2015) (2015)

Resultado de las elecciones europeas

Article for general public (2014)

Funcionamiento de las instituciones de la Unión Europea: El Parlamento Europeo

Presentation (2014)

Las elecciones europeas 2014

Conference given outside the academic context (2014)

Las elecciones europeas 2014

Conference given outside the academic context (2014)

Ruano, L. (Ed.). (2013). The Europeanization of National Foreign Policies towards Latin America. New York: Routledge. 264 pp.

in Regions & cohesion (2013), 3(2), 107-109

Presidente del Parlamento Europeo regresa a México después de 11 años

Article for general public (2013)