Unión Europea-China: dos visiones sobre derechos humanos. Consideraciones sobre el concepto americano de derechos humanos

Autores/as

  • Augusto García Weil Universidad de Málaga España

Palabras clave:

Asimetrías, contexto cultural, Unión Europea-China, derechos humanos, concepción del mundo, xiaokang (小康)

Resumen

Este artículo compara las respectivas concepciones sobre los derechos humanos en la Unión Europea y en China, y realiza ciertas consideraciones sobre la visión estadounidense de los derechos humanos, analizando
las similitudes y diferencias respecto de los antedichos sistemas. Pero también profundizamos en las causas de la brecha conceptual entre ambas partes. El trasfondo cultural determina la concepción de los derechos humanos. Por lo tanto, los derechos humanos son asimétricos entre diferentes países o civilizaciones. Analizamos las causas y efectos de dicho fenómeno. Como no existe una Constitución europea, comparamos la ley fundamental de Alemania (ya que es la Constitución de uno de los Estados miembros de la UE) con la Constitución de China y analizamos la importancia que cada sistema otorga a los diferentes grupos de derechos humanos. Profundizamos en la agenda china para el logro de los respectivos niveles de bienestar social. El vínculo chino entre los derechos humanos y los medios de vida es otro de los aspectos que estudiamos. Mientras que en la UE y en Estados Unidos los derechos políticos son primordiales, China otorga la mayor importancia a alcanzar ciertos estándares socioeconómicos. Concluimos nuestro artículo evaluando las posibles tendencias
en el desarrollo del derecho internacional.

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Biografía del autor/a

Augusto García Weil, Universidad de Málaga

Doctorando por la Universidad de Málaga, en la que obtuvo el título de licenciado en Derecho, así como el de especialista universitario en derecho comunitario europeo. Ha cursado estudios en las universidades de Oxford, Cambridge, La Sorbona, Friburgo de Brisgovia, así como en la Europa Rechtsakademie (ERA) y en el Goethe Institut (Bonn). Se ha graduado en dos universidades chinas: Fudan (Shanghái) y Beijing Language and Culture University. Posee los siguientes niveles (tanto hablado como escrito) en los correspondientes idiomas: inglés (C2), alemán (C2) y chino (C1). Recientemente ha publicado en la Revista de Estudios Europeos (n.º 74, julio-diciembre de 2019, pp. 107-137, http://www.ree-uva.es/) el artículo titulado «The Belt and Road Initiative and the Cohesion of the European Union». Ha participado defendiendo ponencias en diversos congresos nacionales e internacionales respecto a las relaciones internacionales con China.

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2019-06-01

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García Weil, A. (2019). Unión Europea-China: dos visiones sobre derechos humanos. Consideraciones sobre el concepto americano de derechos humanos. TSN. Revista De Estudios Internacionales, (7), 183–194. Recuperado a partir de https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/transatlantic-studies-network/article/view/19500