On 8 December 2015, The Hague Institute for
Global Justice, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Netherlands, welcomed a high-level discussion on the EU’s
forthcoming Global
Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy. The event focused on how the Union and its
Member States can promote a rules-based international system and effective
multilateral institutions in a rapidly changing environment marked by numerous
crises and challenges.
The event featured keynote remarks from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders and
the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security
Policy, Federica Mogherini.
The public event is part of a thematic
contribution of The Hague Institute for Global Justice and the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands to the EU’s ongoing Strategic Review
Process, which also contains several closed expert consultations which put
the focus on The EU’s Contribution to Common Global Rules.
Together, with the high-level discussion, the subsequent consultations which
took place under the Chatham House Rule aim to inform the process leading to
the new Global Strategy with an emphasis on the rule of law and global
institutions in EU foreign policy.
The consultations with leading experts in EU
foreign policy, global governance, European and international law, and
multilateral diplomacy – including external perspectives from emerging powers
and key partners of the EU, and civil society – seek to elaborate on the themes
of the EU’s role in developing the international legal order, promote effective
multilateral institutions and engage non-state actors in tackling the most
pressing global challenges.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the
Netherlands, together with a number of like-minded Member States, will draw on
the output of the high-level discussion and the expert consultations to
contribute to the discussion on the new EU Global Strategy.
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