‘Double standards’ undermine EU legitimacy in Global South: Human Rights Watch chief
The European Union’s "double standards" on human rights could erode the bloc’s legitimacy in the Global South, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Tirana Hassan, told Euronews.
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00:20 And the EU risks developing a reputation where it says one set of rights applies to a certain group of people,
00:29 close to Europe, and another set of rights applies to people outside.
00:34 And that will undermine European leaders and the EU's legitimacy in the eyes of many countries in the global south
00:44 when we need to negotiate and call on respecting human rights in different contexts.
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01:12 European leaders will be meeting this week and they need to make sure that they are being explicit on what is meaningful humanitarian assistance.
01:21 Humanitarian needs will not be met by truckloads of water and cartons of medicines.
01:29 There needs to be a meaningful, full, free flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza,
01:35 not only from the Egyptian crossing, but also from the Israeli side.
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