Monitoring Border Violence in the EU: Frontex in Focus

This book examines EU external border violence and the role of Frontex,and proposes ways to make it legally and politically accountable. It focuses on how effective and independent border monitoring can ensure better human rights compliance at EU external borders.

Format: Hardback
Length: 172 pages
Publication date: 11 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book delves into the issue of EU external border violence and the role of the Frontex agency in addressing it. It explores the legal and political dimensions of these incidents and seeks to establish mechanisms for ensuring accountability. The volume provides a detailed examination of international standards for monitoring border violence and the importance of guaranteeing the independence of monitors. It offers practical solutions to address the crisis by emphasizing the role of effective and independent border monitoring in promoting better human rights compliance at EU external borders.

At the heart of the book lies the question of how competent and independent state authorities can effectively monitor border police, including Frontex, with the primary objective of implementing human rights. The book aims to examine how states can prevent and investigate allegations of such violence and reduce the apparent impunity of those border police who engage in it.

This book will appeal to students of EU policy, law, migration, and refugee studies, as well as International Relations scholars. It offers valuable insights into the complex dynamics of border security and the challenges faced by the EU in maintaining its borders while upholding human rights standards.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032544045