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Human Rights Protection in the European Union: A ‘Tale of Seven Cities’

Human Rights Protection in the European Union: A ‘Tale of Seven Cities’ Human Rights Protection in the European Union: A ‘Tale of Seven Cities’ * **, *** Jonas Grimheden and Gabriel N. Toggenburg The myth of the ‘seven cities of gold’ that spread amongst the Spanish in New Spain, present Mexico, built on the yearning for unlimited wealth. It led th to several expeditions by adventurers and conquistadors in the 16 Century. They were all inspired by the desire to fi nd gold and hence a better life. The European Union, to the contrary, is not engaged in creating myths. Still, it has in some corners of academia occasionally been accused of using a myth – that the process of European integration was founded on the protection of human rights. In fact, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) says that the ‘Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities’. However, the creation of the EU with the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992 was the fi rst occasion in which human rights were fi rmly anchored in the European Treaties – a good forty years after the integration commenced. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Austrian Review of International and European Law Online Brill

Human Rights Protection in the European Union: A ‘Tale of Seven Cities’

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Human Rights Protection in the European Union: A ‘Tale of Seven Cities’ * **, *** Jonas Grimheden and Gabriel N. Toggenburg The myth of the ‘seven cities of gold’ that spread amongst the Spanish in New Spain, present Mexico, built on the yearning for unlimited wealth. It led th to several expeditions by adventurers and conquistadors in the 16 Century. They were all inspired by the desire to fi nd gold and hence a better life. The European Union, to the contrary, is not engaged in creating myths. Still, it has in some corners of academia occasionally been accused of using a myth – that the process of European integration was founded on the protection of human rights. In fact, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) says that the ‘Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities’. However, the creation of the EU with the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992 was the fi rst occasion in which human rights were fi rmly anchored in the European Treaties – a good forty years after the integration commenced.

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Austrian Review of International and European Law Online – Brill

Published: Oct 1, 2014

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