Külügyi Szemle - A Teleki László Intézet Külpolitikai Tanulmányok Központja folyóirata - 2002 (1. évfolyam)
2002 / 3. szám - RÉSUMÉ - Kardos Gábor: Human Rights and Diplomacy - Baneth András: Council of Europe and the European Union
Résumé Gábor Kardos: Human Rights and Diplomacy In his article the author combines international legal and political science approaches in analysing how human rights became a part of foreign policy concern of nation states and international organisations. The author identifies the principles of international protection of human rights and notes the increasing attention given to them in foreign policy making. The author recapitulates those factors that influence the weight and role of human rights in the foreign policy of states, especially the US, and the "likeminded countries." He identifies the international protection of minority rights as the main human rights concern of the Hungarian foreign policy. The author also deals with debate of cultural relativism versus human rights universalism and touches upon the new legal and political developments in international human rights enforcement. András Baneth: Council of Europe and the European Union When examining the relationship between the Council of Europe and the European Union, we find numerous underlying similarities that eventually lead to very distinct formations. The Council of Europe, the first pan-European institution to be founded after World War II, has still remained an intergovernmental body focusing chiefly on human rights, culture and education-related issues on a continent-wide basis. In the meantime the European Communities have evolved from a merely economic formation into a three-pillared multi-faceted creation no longer described simply by multilateral international liaisons. What we see over these decades is that in real political terms these two have a rather complimentary role vis-ä-vis each other, which - after a long, silent period - was followed by a gradual recognition of each other by senior officials and fostered by several joint programs The issue of how the European Court of Human Rights and the Courts of the EU are related is a sensitive yet challenging matter to examine, especially from the human rights protection perspective. Nevertheless, the European Union is taking away more and more of what its Strasbourg-based counterpart gains its strength from Even though it was a great relief for the European Court of Human Rights to see that the Nice European Council 224 Külügyi Szemle
