Academy of European Public Law, Spetses 2002

05.04.05

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

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§ 1  Introduction

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§ 2  The existing human rights protection systems in Europe

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§ 3  The Charter as a specific catalogue of fundamental rights for the European organisation of integration

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§ 4  The legal significance of the Charter - today and tomorrow

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§ 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

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§ 1  The general orientation of the Charter

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§ 2  Innovative approaches of the Charter

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§ 3  A comprehensive or incomplete guaranty of freedom?

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§ 4  The systematics of the fundamental rights limits

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§ 5  Third party effect and duties of protection

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§ 6  The legal essence of the social rights

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§ 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

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§ 1  Restrictability of human dignity? (art. 1)

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§ 2  The scope of the prohibition of capital punishment (Art. 2[2])

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§ 3  A fundamental right to the recognition of same-sex marriage? (art. 9)

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§ 4  The limits of the freedom of the arts and sciences (art. 13)

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§ 5  The freedom of the media as a particular fundamental right or as a part of the freedom of expression? (art. 11)

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§ 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

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Judgement of 30 January 2002, Case T-54/99, max.mobil, no. 48, 57

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Judgement of 3 May 2002, Case T-177/01, Jégo-Quéré, no. 42, 47, 

II. Opinions of Advocate Generals (Selection)

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Advocate General Tizzano, Case C-173/99, BECTU, no. 26 - 28

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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

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Advocate General Geelhoed, Case C-413/99, Baumbast and 'R, no. 59, 110; case C-313/99, Mulligan and others, no. 28

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Advocate General Léger, Case C-353/99 P, Council v. Hautala and others, no. 51, 73 - 83

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Advocate General Mischo, Cases C-20/00 and C-64/00, Booker Aquaculture, no. 126

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Advocate General Colomer, Case C-466/00, Arben Kaba, no. 114, Fn. 74

Bibliography (Selection)

I. General Presentations of the Charter 

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Braibant, Guy : La Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne. Témoignage et commentaires, Paris 2001

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Engels, Markus: Die europäische Grundrechtecharta: Auf dem Weg zu einer europäischen Verfassung?, Eurokolleg 45 (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)

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Feus, Kim (Editor): The EU-Charter of Fundamental Rights. Text and commentaries, London (Federal Trust), 2000

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Grabenwarter, Christoph: Die Charta der Grundrechte für die Europäische Union, Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt 2001, 1

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Mahlmann, Matthias: Die Grundrechtscharta der Europäischen Union, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien 2000, 419 (= Saarbrücker Bibliothek)

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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]

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Pache, Eckhard: Die Europäische Grundrechtscharta - ein Rückschritt für den Grundrechtsschutz in Europa?, Europarecht 2001, 475

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Picker, Rolf-Jürgen: Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union. Kurzkommentar, Starnberg 2001

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Robert, Anne-Cécile: Une charte cache-misère, Le Monde diplomatique 12/2000

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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

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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]

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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

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Alber, Siegbert: Die Selbstbindung der europäischen Organe an die Europäische Charta der Grundrechte, Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift 2001, 349

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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

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McCrudden, Christopher: The Future of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, in: Harvard JMWP 10/01

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Búrca, Gráinne de: Human Rights: The Charter and Beyond, in: Harvard JMWP 10/01

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García, Alonso: The General Provisions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Harvard JMWP 4/02

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Liisberg, Jonas B., Does the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights Threaten the Supremacy of Community Law?, Harvard JMWP 4/01

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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"]

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Zuleeg, Manfred: Zum Verhältnis nationaler und europäischer Grundrechte. Funktionen einer EU-Charta der Grundrechte, Europäische Grundrechte-Zeitschrift 2000, 511

Links

I. Official Documents

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Text of the Charter in all EU languages  [+ alternative source]

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Explanations by the Praesidium of the Body (Convent) in all EU languages  [+ alternative source]

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European Council (Nice), Presidency Conclusions

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European Council (Laeken), Declaration of Laeken 

II. Websites of Institutions on the Charter

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Documents of the Body (Convent) which drafted the Charter

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European Commission on the Charter

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European Parliament on the Charter

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Working Group II (Charter/ECHR) of the European Convention 

III. Other Websites on the Charter

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Andrew Duff (MEP), Frequently Asked Questions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights

IV. Memories of Spetses

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European Public Law Center

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Presentation of Spetses

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City map

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Armata Festival and night life

 

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