High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as a Legal Actor

Frank Hoffmeister is the Head of the Legal Department of the European External Action Service and Professor at the Brussels School of Governance. Together with others, he also published The Law of EU External Relations (OUP, 2021, 3rd ed.).Lóránt Havas is the Deputy Head of the Division for International Law and EU External Relations Law at the Legal Department of the EEAS. He also teaches EU constitutional law and the law of international organisations at the Brussels School of Governance.

• ContentsPrefaceAbbreviations and AcronymsNotes on ContributorsA Tribute to Stephan Marquardt in the Establishment and Development of the eeas Legal Affairs Division 2010–2020PART 1Institutional Foundations1 A Typology of Legal Acts in the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security PolicyAlvaro de Elera2 Constructive Abstention in EU Foreign and Security PolicyPetra Mahnič3 The High Representative as New Actor before the Court of Justice of the European UnionGraham Butler4 Les personnels employés par l’Union dans le domaine de la pesc: des sagas judiciaires à l’épreuve du droit statutaireKarim KouriPART 2Shaping and Conducting the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy5 EU Delegation Establishment Agreements with Third States: Positioning the EU in International Diplomatic LawJan Karpiuk and Ramses A. Wessel6 Les relations diplomatiques de l’Union européenneJean-Baptiste Laignelot et Stéphanie Lejeune7 The European Union’s Support for Negotiating a Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against HumanitySimona Popan8 Combating Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference through EU-Restrictive MeasuresMadalena de Almeida Veiga9 Overcoming the Ultimate cfsp Hurdle on the Way to EU Accession to the European Convention on Human RightsGilles Marhic10 The European Union and Its Member States before the International Court of JusticeFrank Hoffmeister and Jan WoutersPART 3Coordinating EU External Action as Vice President of the European Commission11 The EU’s Contribution to Holding Russia Accountable for Atrocity Crimes Committed in UkraineAndré Bouquet, Chiara Fusari and Anna von Harnier12 To Split or Not to Split: the EU-Chile Interim Trade and Advanced Framework Agreements as a New Model in EU Treaty-Making?Soledad Rodríguez Sánchez-Tabernero13 The EU and the Draft UN Legally Binding Instrument on Protecting Human Rights in Business ActivitiesAndrej Auersperger Matić14 Directing cfsp Agencies of the Union: Which Hat of the High Representative Fits Best?Lóránt Havas and Rastislav SpáčPART 4Conclusion15 The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy as Legal ActorFrank Hoffmeister and Lóránt HavasIndex