Edel Hughes

Turkey’s accession to the European Union is undoubtedly one of the Union’s most contested potential enlargements. The narrative that dominates the debate surrounding this issue primarily relates to problems such as a lack of respect for fundamental human rights in Turkey, the Kurdish question and the continuing stalemate concerning northern Cyprus. This book looks at these issues, but also proposes that a review of Turkey’s experience with the EU in its numerous incarnations suggests that these concerns may mask a deeper disquiet. Whilst there are several questions that Turkey must address, particularly in the area of human rights guarantees, the concerns which raise debates regarding Turkish membership are not issues that are unique to Turkey. Turkey’s EU experience also raises fundamental questions about religion and the EU project that have greater implication than simply Turkish accession. Through the lens of the Turkish example, this book addresses these broader questions, such as the nature of European ‘identity’, Europe’s Christian past, the limits of pluralism and the fundamental question of religion in the European public sphere. This book will be of great interest to those engaged in research on European law and politics at undergraduate or postgraduate level. It is also aimed at academics with an interest in human rights and the European Union and with a regional interest in Turkey.

The Politics of Exclusion?

Turkey’s Accession to the European Union

William A. Schabas

William Schabas

Ramesh Chandra Thakur

Rebuilding societies where conflict has occurred is rarely a simple process. Where conflict has been accompanied by gross and systematic violations of human rights, the procedure becomes very controversial. The traditional debate on "transitional justice" sought to balance justice, truth, accountability, peace, and stability. The appearance of impunity for past crimes undermines confidence in new democratic structures and casts doubt upon commitments to human rights. Yet the need to consolidate peace sometimes resulted in reluctance on the part of authorities --both local and international --to confront suspected perpetrators of human rights violations, especially when they are a part of a peace process. Experience in many regions of the world therefore suggested a tradeoff between peace and justice. But that is changing. There is a growing consensus that some forms of justice and accountability are integral to --rather than in tension with --peace and stability. This volume considers whether we are truly going beyond the transitional justice debate. It brings together eminent scholars and practitioners with direct experience in some of the most challenging cases of international justice, and illustrates that justice and accountability remain complex, but not mutually exclusive, ideals.

Beyond Transitional Justice

Atrocities and International Accountability

Michelle Farrell

Eleanor Drywood

"They offer you a feature on stockings and suspenders next to a call for stiffer penalties for sex offenders" : do we learn more about the media than about human rights from tabloid coverage of human rights stories? / David Mead -- It's not me, it's you : examining the print media's approach to "Europe" in Brexit Britain / Stephanie Reynolds -- British human rights scepticism through the lens of European newspapers / Lieve Gies -- Monstering Strasbourg over prisoner voting rights / C R G Murray -- Demonising immigrants : how a human rights narrative has contributed to negative portrayals of immigrants in the UK media / Eleanor Drywood and Harriet Gray -- Trial by media : the fair trial jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the UK press / Yvonne McDermott Rees -- Human rights and public debate : the media as scapegoat? / Ekaterina Balabanova -- Careful what you wish for : press criticism of the legal protection of human rights / Jacob Rowbottom -- Arguing the case for human rights in Brexit Britain / Colm O'Cinnéide -- Instrumentalism in human rights and the media : locking out democratic scepticism? / Michael Gordon -- Magna Carta and the invention of "British Rights" / Michelle Farrell and Edel Hughes

Fear and Fetish

Human Rights in the Media

Edel Hughes

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