FRAME: “Fostering Human Rights Among European (External and Internal) Policies”.

FRAME is a large-scale, interdisciplinary and collaborative research project funded under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The research focuses on the contribution of the EU’s internal and external policies to the promotion of human rights worldwide

As a complement to the ongoing evaluation work carried out by the European Commission, and in response to the findings and recommendations of recent studies on EU human rights policies, the main objective of FRAME is to provide the necessary building blocks for the development of a comprehensive and coherent EU human rights policy comprised of:

(i) a sound knowledge base taking into account the evolving factors, concepts, institutions and instruments underlying the protection and promotion of human rights at the EU, international and national levels;

(ii) a critical examination and appraisal of the EU’s real and potential contribution to global human rights governance through its engagement with multiple actors and partners and through its multiple policies and instruments; (iii) a thorough scrutiny of the effectiveness of human rights promotion in the maze of EU institutions, competences and policies;

(iv) a set of indicators, tools and policy proposals allowing for a consistent and tailor-made integration of human rights in EU external and internal actions and policies. In this way, FRAME offers creative solutions to enhance the effectiveness and coherence of EU human rights policy and provides concrete guidance to EU policy-makers to help resolve problems hindering the protection and promotion of human rights.

The Danish Institute is in charge of the working package, the objective of which is to provide insight into current and emerging key challenges and factors that enable or hinder the protection of human rights in EU external relations and internal policies. In addition, experts from the institute will be involved in the project’s studies of indicators as well as of National Human Rights Institutions.

Partners

The project is coordinated by the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies and conducted by 19 partner research institutes as well as a large number of affiliated research institutions from around the world.

Donors

The project is funded under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).