The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy

Governments use human rights both as a tool and as an objective of foreign policy. The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy analyses conflicting policy goals such as peace and security, economic relations and development co-operation. The use of diploma

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Also by Peter R. Baehr POLICY ANALYSIS AND POLICY INNOVATION (editor with Bjorn Wittrock) THE NETHERLANDS AND THE UNITED NATIONS: Selected Issues (editor with Monique Castermans-Holleman) THE UNITED NATIONS: Reality and Ideal (with Leon Gordenker) THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE 1990s (with Leon Gordenker) HUMAN RIGHTS: UNIVERSALITY IN PRACTICE HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE NETHERLANDS (with Monique Castermans-Holleman and Fred Grtinfeld)

The Role of Human Rights in Foreign Policy Third Edition Peter R. Baehr

Honorary Professor of Human Rights, Utrecht University

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Monique Castermans-Holleman

Assistant Professor of Human Rights and Foreign Policy, Utrecht University

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Third edition © Peter R. Baehr and Monique Castermans-Holleman 2004 © Peter R. Baehr 1994, 1996 Foreword © Peter Kooijmans 2004 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1996 978-1-4039-0463-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First Edition 1994 Second Edition 1996 Third Edition 2004 First published 2004 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-4039-4403-0 (eBook)

ISBN 978-1-4039-0464-5 DOI 10.1057/9781403944030

This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Baehr, P. R. (Peter R.) The role of human rights in foreign policy I Peter R. Baehr and Monique Castermans-Holleman ; foreword by Peter Kooijmans.- 3rd ed. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4039-0464-5 (paper) 1. Human rights. 2. International relations. I. CastermansHolleman, Monique C. II. Title. K3240.B34 2004 341.4'8-dc22 10 13

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Contents Foreword

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Preface

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Preface to the Second Edition

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Preface to the Thi