European Papers (Nov 2024)
EU Accession to the ECHR: The non-EU Member State Perspective
Abstract
(Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2024 9(2), 715-728 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Resuming negotiations: common basis and new requests. – II. Non-EU Member States: an actor of its own or a loose aggregate of diverging interests? – II.1. Context, changes and ongoing developments. – II.2. Nature, aim and working methods of the NEUMs Group. – II.3. Common Statement and Key Negotiating principles. – III. Issues of particular importance to the non-EU Member States. – III.1. Basket 1. – III.2. Basket 2. – III.3. Basket 3. – III.4. Basket 4. – III.5. Decision-making by the Committee of Ministers. – IV. An overall appraisal of the revised DAA from a non-EU Member State perspective. | (Abstract) The present Article addresses the perspective from a negotiator of a multilateral treaty that has not yet been finalised. The first part sets the frame of the former negotiation exercise and the preparatory work on which it is based. A particular focus lies on the non-EU Member States group, its main features, and the negotiating principles it has endeavoured to follow. The second part addresses the substance of the revised draft agreement, drawing on the structure in four baskets proposed by the EU Commission. The final part contains a general, provisional appraisal of the negotiation exercise, bearing in mind that the final position of the 46+1 negotiating parties is outstanding.
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