Based on three major case studies of human rights abuse in Mexico: the Chiapas conflict, feminicide and the disappearance of the 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, the chapter inquires whether the EP has influenced EU relations towards strategic partners while fulfilling its role of promoting human rights worldwide, and if so, how EP delegations and civil society organisations (CSOs) have contributed to this influence. However, the EP’s influence on EU external relations remains unclear in the literature, especially when acting as a guardian of human rights. The European Parliament (EP) maintains relations with almost all third countries in the world, including the European Union (EU) strategic partners, such as Mexico. In Stavridis, Stelios Jančić, Davor (Eds.) Parliamentary Diplomacy in European and Global Governance (2017) The Impact of Parliamentary Diplomacy, Civil Society and Human Rights Advocacy on EU Strategic Partners: The Case of Mexico Velasco Pufleau, Monica
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