The interconnection between foreign policy and human rights is increasingly recognized both at academic and practice levels owing largely to the increasing internationalization and pre-eminence of human rights in global politics. In fact, human rights and democracy promotion have secured a place in foreign policy agendas and has gained significance in conflict resolution and peace work as well. Also, human rights norms and principles are recognized and enshrined in international laws and endorsed in regional treaties and national constitutions and has gained prime importance in international relations. As a result, internal and external dynamics of states have been effectively intertwined. This article analyses Eritrea’s foreign policy dynamics and its implications on human rights particularly in the aftermath of the Algiers Peace Agreement of December 2001 that concluded a three years border conflict with Ethiopia. This is done by enquiring whether the conflict and failure to implement the Algiers agreement has anything to do with the gross human rights violations that is witnessed in that country. The article proceeds to analyse the issue in a descriptive and analytical manner by using both secondary and primary sources, including treaties, official statements of public bodies, peace accords and UN Drafts, 1 and it concludes that the ongoing human rights violations is a product of the stalemate with Ethiopia that has provided a mechanism for continued repression and authoritarian rule in the country.

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外交政策与人权：阿尔及尔后时期的厄立特里亚

外交政策与人权之间的相互联系在学术和实践层面都得到了越来越多的认可，这在很大程度上是由于人权在国际政治中的国际化程度和地位日益提高。实际上，促进人权和民主已经在外交政策议程中占有一席之地，并且在解决冲突和和平工作中也具有重要意义。同样，人权规范和原则在国际法中得到承认和体现，并在区域条约和国家宪法中得到认可，并且在国际关系中已变得极为重要。结果，国家的内部和外部动力已经有效地交织在一起。本文分析了厄立特里亚的外交政策动态及其对人权的影响，特别是在2001年12月的《阿尔及尔和平协定》之后，该协定结束了与埃塞俄比亚的三年边界冲突。这是通过询问冲突和未能执行《阿尔及尔协议》是否与该国目睹的严重侵犯人权行为有关的。该文章通过使用次要和主要来源，包括条约，公共机构的正式声明，和平协议和联合国草案1，以描述性和分析性的方式着手分析这一问题，并得出结论认为，持续不断的侵犯人权行为是以下各项的产物：与埃塞俄比亚的僵局为埃塞俄比亚提供了持续镇压和专制统治的机制。