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EU-stadgan om de grundläggande rättigheterna

Ingress

Europas folk har mellan sig skapat en allt fastare sammanslutning och har beslutat att dela en fredlig framtid på grundval av gemensamma värden. I medvetande om sitt andliga och etiska arv bygger unionen på de odelbara och universella värdena människans värdighet, frihet, jämlikhet och solidaritet samt på den demokratiska principen och rättsstatsprincipen. Unionen sätter människan i centrum för sin verksamhet genom att inrätta ett unionsmedborgarskap och skapa ett område med frihet, säkerhet och rättvisa.
Unionen ska bidra till att bevara och utveckla dessa gemensamma värden med respekt för mångfalden i Europas folks kultur och traditioner samt för medlemsstaternas nationella identitet och organisering av sina offentliga myndigheter på nationell, regional och lokal nivå. Den ska söka främja en balanserad och hållbar utveckling och ska trygga fri rörlighet för personer, tjänster, varor och kapital, samt etableringsfrihet.
Det är därför nödvändigt att stärka skyddet av de grundläggande rättigheterna mot bakgrund av samhällsutvecklingen, de sociala framstegen och den vetenskapliga och tekniska utvecklingen, genom att göra dessa rättigheter mer synliga i en stadga.
Med beaktande av unionens behörighet och uppgifter samt subsidiaritetsprincipen bekräftas i denna stadga de rättigheter som har sin grund särskilt i medlemsstaternas gemensamma författningstraditioner och internationella förpliktelser, europeiska konventionen om skydd för de mänskliga rättigheterna och de grundläggande friheterna, unionens och Europarådets sociala stadgor samt rättspraxis vid Europeiska unionens domstol och Europeiska domstolen för de mänskliga rättigheterna. I detta sammanhang kommer stadgan att tolkas av unionens och medlemsstaternas domstolar med vederbörlig hänsyn till de förklaringar vilka fastställdes under ledning av presidiet för det konvent som utarbetade stadgan och vilka uppdaterades av Europeiska konventets presidium.
Åtnjutandet av dessa rättigheter medför ansvar och skyldigheter mot andra människor, mot mänskligheten och mot kommande generationer.
Europeiska unionen erkänner därför de rättigheter, friheter och principer som anges nedan.

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