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The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
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Contents (Summary/Details)
Lesson 1: The Charter in the Parallelism of Fundamental Rights Regimes
§ 1 Introduction | |
§ 2 The existing human rights protection systems in Europe | |
§ 3 The Charter as a specific catalogue of fundamental rights for the European organisation of integration | |
§ 4 The legal significance of the Charter - today and tomorrow | |
§ 5 The case of divergence between the Charter and other fundamental rights regimes |
Lesson 2 and 3: General Aspects of the Protection of Human Rights as guaranteed in the Charter
§ 1 The general orientation of the Charter | |
§ 2 Innovative approaches of the Charter | |
§ 3 A comprehensive or incomplete guaranty of freedom? | |
§ 4 The systematics of the fundamental rights limits | |
§ 5 Third party effect and duties of protection | |
§ 6 The legal essence of the social rights | |
§ 7 Provisions on the objectives of the Union diguised as fundamental rights |
Lesson 4: A Selection of Problems concerning individual Fundamental Rights in the Charter
§ 1 Restrictability of human dignity? (art. 1) | |
§ 2 The scope of the prohibition of capital punishment (Art. 2[2]) | |
§ 3 A fundamental right to the recognition of same-sex marriage? (art. 9) | |
§ 4 The limits of the freedom of the arts and sciences (art. 13) | |
§ 5 The freedom of the media as a particular fundamental right or as a part of the freedom of expression? (art. 11) | |
§ 6 The legal essence of the principle of respect for cultural, religious and linguistic diversity (art. 22) |
Jurisprudence referring to the Charter
Source: ECJ data base. Type "Charter of Fundamental Rights" (with " ") in the field "Words in the text" to find all the opinions and decisions which mention the Charter |
I. Decisions of the Court of First Instance
Judgement of 30 January 2002, Case T-54/99, max.mobil, no. 48, 57 | |
Judgement of 3 May 2002, Case T-177/01, Jégo-Quéré, no. 42, 47, |
II. Opinions of Advocate Generals (Selection)
Advocate General Tizzano, Case C-173/99, BECTU, no. 26 - 28 | |
Advocate General Jacobs, Case C-270/99 P, Z. v. EP, no. 40; case C-377/98, NL v. EP and Council, no. 197, 210 | |
Advocate General Geelhoed, Case C-413/99, Baumbast and 'R, no. 59, 110; case C-313/99, Mulligan and others, no. 28 | |
Advocate General Léger, Case C-353/99 P, Council v. Hautala and others, no. 51, 73 - 83 | |
Advocate General Mischo, Cases C-20/00 and C-64/00, Booker Aquaculture, no. 126 | |
Advocate General Colomer, Case C-466/00, Arben Kaba, no. 114, Fn. 74 |
I. General Presentations of the Charter
Braibant, Guy : La Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne. Témoignage et commentaires, Paris 2001 | |
Engels, Markus: Die europäische Grundrechtecharta: Auf dem Weg zu einer europäischen Verfassung?, Eurokolleg 45 (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung) | |
Feus, Kim (Editor): The EU-Charter of Fundamental Rights. Text and commentaries, London (Federal Trust), 2000 | |
Grabenwarter, Christoph: Die Charta der Grundrechte für die Europäische Union, Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2001, 1 | |
Mahlmann, Matthias: Die Grundrechtscharta der Europäischen Union, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien 2000, 419 (= Saarbrücker Bibliothek) | |
Menéndez, Agustín José: Chartering Europe: The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arena Working Paper 01/13 (= Francisco Lucas Pires Working Papers on European Constitutionalism 2001/03) [+ download as WORD file] | |
Pache, Eckhard: Die Europäische Grundrechtscharta - ein Rückschritt für den Grundrechtsschutz in Europa?, Europarecht 2001, 475 | |
Picker, Rolf-Jürgen: Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union. Kurzkommentar, Starnberg 2001 | |
Robert, Anne-Cécile: Une charte cache-misère, Le Monde diplomatique 12/2000 | |
Schmitz, Thomas: Die EU-Grundrechtecharta aus grundrechtsdogmatischer und grundrechtstheoretischer Sicht, Juristenzeitung 2001, 833 |
II. Publications connected with the Academy of European Public Law and the European Group of Public Law
Sierra Morón, Susana de la, and others : La Academia de Derecho Público Europeo: Crónica de su Actividad (Spetses - Grecia -, 3 a 21 de septiembre de 2001), Revista de Administración Pública 2002, 445 (454 ff.) [report of Spetses Academy and Conference 2001] | |
European Review of Public Law, Vol. 13 - No. 3 (autumn 2001): The European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights [papers of Spetses Conference 2001, to be published in 2002] |
III. Articles on Particular Aspects
Alber, Siegbert: Die Selbstbindung der europäischen Organe an die Europäische Charta der Grundrechte, Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift 2001, 349 | |
Dutheil de la Rochère, Jacqueline: Droits de l’homme La Charte des droits fondamentaux et au delà, in: Harvard Jean Monnet Working Paper (= Harvard JMWP) 10/01 | |
McCrudden, Christopher: The Future of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, in: Harvard JMWP 10/01 | |
Búrca, Gráinne de: Human Rights: The Charter and Beyond, in: Harvard JMWP 10/01 | |
García, Alonso: The General Provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Harvard JMWP 4/02 | |
Liisberg, Jonas B., Does the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Threaten the Supremacy of Community Law?, Harvard JMWP 4/01 | |
Triantafyllou, Dimitris: The European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the "Rule of Law'': Restricting Fundamental Rights by Reference, Common Market Law Review 39 (2002), No. 1, 53 [download at "Journal Contents"] | |
Zuleeg, Manfred: Zum Verhältnis nationaler und europäischer Grundrechte. Funktionen einer EU-Charta der Grundrechte, Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift 2000, 511 |
I. Official Documents
Text of the Charter in all EU languages [+ alternative source] | |
Explanations by the Praesidium of the Body (Convent) in all EU languages [+ alternative source] | |
European Council (Nice), Presidency Conclusions | |
European Council (Laeken), Declaration of Laeken |
II. Websites of Institutions on the Charter
Documents of the Body (Convent) which drafted the Charter | |
European Commission on the Charter | |
European Parliament on the Charter | |
III. Other Websites on the Charter
Andrew Duff (MEP), Frequently Asked Questions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights |
IV. Memories of Spetses
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