Washington DC, 29 March 2022 (TDI): Lisa Peterson, the Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor hosted the 2022 U.S.-EU Human Rights Consultations in Washington, D.C.
Whereas the European Union (EU) delegation for the meetings was led by Eamon Gilmore, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights.
At the 2022 U.S.-EU Human Rights Consultations, the 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺 reaffirmed their commitment to the #transatlantic partnership and discussed challenges to democracy and #HumanRights, emphasizing the need to hold Russia accountable for its war in #Ukraine.https://t.co/T03f0NlXI0
— U.S. Mission to the EU (@US2EU) March 29, 2022
European Union and the United States retranslated their goals and interests. They are committed to and support one another. Challenges to human rights and democracy were discussed along with the importance of cooperation in the meeting.
European Union and the United States wish to hold Russia accountable for their unjustified action that led to a military confrontation with Ukraine.
Discussions on human rights and democracy
Cooperation leads to respect for democracy, rule of law, and human rights. Throughout the meeting, the United States and the European Union scrutinized a wide range of issues, conflicts present in Europe, Africa, Latin America.
Multilateral fora and issues pertaining to technology and human rights, disability rights, and protection of underrepresented communities including racially and ethnically marginalized communities, and women and girls were also the focus of the meeting’s topics.
Similarly, efforts to defend against totalitarianism were also talked upon. Ideas to promote democracy, respect human rights, and methods to fight corruption were also considered.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine led to the largest military war on Ukraine since World War 2 in Europe. This summit proved that the United States and the European Union are strong allies with transatlantic values.
Both are committed to working on democracy and human rights, may it be within a state or out of the state. The two aim to protect the principles of democracy, law, and human rights.
