EU's double standards hurt legitimacy: HRW chief
- 7 months ago
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.
"The EU risks developing a reputation where it says one set of rights applies to a certain group of people - people close to Europe - and another set of rights applies to people outside," Tirana Hassan said in an interview on Wednesday.
"That will undermine European leaders and the EU's legitimacy in the eyes of many countries in the Global South," she added.
Reflecting on the Israel-Hamas war, the chief of the New York-based international watchdog called out inconsistencies between the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and its reaction to other global humanitarian crises.
"The EU institutions rallied behind the Ukrainian people.
"The EU risks developing a reputation where it says one set of rights applies to a certain group of people - people close to Europe - and another set of rights applies to people outside," Tirana Hassan said in an interview on Wednesday.
"That will undermine European leaders and the EU's legitimacy in the eyes of many countries in the Global South," she added.
Reflecting on the Israel-Hamas war, the chief of the New York-based international watchdog called out inconsistencies between the EU's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and its reaction to other global humanitarian crises.
"The EU institutions rallied behind the Ukrainian people.