The European Union and Multilateral Governance

An interdisciplinary approach to the study of the EU in UN human rights and environmental governance which addresses the legal and political science dimensions. With contributions from academics and policy-makers, this volume is a comprehensive analysis of how the challenges it faces impact on the EU's position in UN fora.

TIM CORTHAUT Deputy Auditor, Legislative Section, Belgian Council of State TOM DELREUX Associate Professor in Political Science, Institut de sciences politiques Louvain-Europe (ISPOLE), UCLouvain (Louvain-la-Neuve), Belgium CHARLES-MICHEL GEURTS Deputy Head of Human Rights Unit, European Commission Directorate-General for External Relations, Brussels EMANUELE GIAUFRET EU Delegation to the UN in New York, USA JOËLLE HIVONNET Head of the Human Rights, Humanitarian and Social Affairs unit, Geneva STEPHAN KEUKELEIRE Jean Monnet Professor in European Foreign Policy, Institute for International and European Policy, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium ROBERT KISSACK Junior Professor, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain SIMON LIGHTFOOT Senior Lecturer in European Politics, University of Leeds, UK KAROLINE VAN DEN BRANDE Member of the Global Environmental Governance and Sustainable Development Research Group, Institute for International and European Policy, Faculty of Social Science, University of Leuven, Belgium and a member of the Flemish Policy Research Centre for Sustainable Development DRIES VAN EECKHOUTTE Auditor, Legislative Section, Belgian Council of State DAVIDE ZARU International Relations Officer, Human Rights Directorate of the European External Action Service