In person icon Human Rights and Judicial Activism in the EU and Beyond

Abstract

This panel will focus on strategies of judicial activism of social movements at the EU level and compare them with other regions of the world. In particular, it will examine how the concept of human rights has been reinterpreted and negotiated in a set of legal and political arenas in order to constitute a political resource for civil society groups. It will examine how EU-level and other civil society organizations have utilized the Courts, their strategies and outcomes. In particular, the panel will focus on anti-discrimination groups and their roles in matters of race, sexuality and disability.

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