EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS

The good governance and respect for human rights are extremely important for the European requirements of development. Despite the growing strength of the human rights movement, there is still a wide gap between the articulation of global principles and their application in the majority of national settings. The same can be said of democratization. In fact, a large number of countries attempting to move toward democracy are suffering serious crises of state capacity and governance. And without a stable and efficient public sector that enjoys the confidence of the population, it is virtually impossible to uphold the basic rules of political competition on which democracy depends.