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EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines into primary EU law a wide array of fundamental rights enjoyed by EU citizens and residents. It became legally binding with the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009.

This section of the website encompasses Charterpedia, an online tool which provides easy-to-access information about the Charter and its provisions. For each Charter Article, it includes the official explanations of the Charter Articles, related European and national case law, and related provisions in national constitutional law as well as in international law. It also contains references to academic analysis and related FRA publications. The information is also available offline in our EU Charter App.

The original compilation was created by the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee. Since 2009 it has been maintained and continuously expanded by the FRA.

The European and national case law is also accessible via the Case-Law Database.

Case-Law Database

Our new e-learning tool Charter e-guidance assists judges and other legal practitioners on the field of application of the Charter as laid down in Article 51.

277 results found

  • The dark side of fundamental rights adjudication? The Court, the Charter and the asymmetric interpretation of fundamental rights in the AMS case and beyond
    Author(s):
    Papa, V.
    Published in: European Labour Law Journal, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 190-214
  • Хоризонтален директен ефект на общите принципи на правото на ЕС и на Хартата на основните права на ЕС
    Translated Title:
    Horizontal Direct Effect of the General Principles of EU Law and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU
    Author(s):
    Arabadzhiev, A.
    Published in: Норма, 2015
    Year:
    2015
  • Principe de l'équivalence et Charte des droits fondamentaux: les heureuses implications fiscales de la jurisprudence de la Cour de Justice de l'Union Européenne
    Translated Title:
    Principle of equivalence and the Charter of Fundamental Rights: The fortunate fiscal implications of the case-law of the European Court of Justice
    Author(s):
    Dassesse, M.
    Published in: Revue Générale de Fiscalité, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 4-13
  • A tisztességes eljáráshoz való jog és annak védelme az Európai Unió Alapjogi Chartájában
    Translated Title:
    The Right to a Fair Trial and its Protection in the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights
    Author(s):
    Deák, B.
    Published in: Európai jog, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 21-28
  • The Court and the Charter: A ‘Consistent’ Interpretation of Fundamental Social Rights and Principles
    Author(s):
    Delfino, M.
    Published in: European Labour Law Journal, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 86-99
  • The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
    Author(s):
    Dickson, B.
    Published in: European Human Rights Law Review, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 27-40
  • Rechten, beginselen en horizontale directe werking van de grondrechten uit het EU-Handvest
    Translated Title:
    Rights, principles and horizontal direct effect of the fundamental rights from the EU Charter
    Author(s):
    Emaus, J.M.
    Published in: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Burgerlijk Recht, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 67-76
  • Hvornår gælder EU's charter om grundlæggende rettigheder i sager for de danske domstole?
    Translated Title:
    When does the EU Charter on fundamental rights apply in cases before Danish courts?
    Author(s):
    Fenger, N.
    Published in: Juristen, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 168-175
  • Listina základních práv Evropské unie a trestní řízení
    Translated Title:
    The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Criminal Proceedings
    Author(s):
    Fenyk, J.
    Published in: Státní zastupitelství, Wolters Kluwer ČR a.s., 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 8-15
  • The Horizontal Effect of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: Rediscovering the Reasons for Horizontality
    Author(s):
    Frantziou, E.
    Published in: European Law Journal, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 657-679
  • Vorrang, Grenzen und Verstärkungseffekte der EU-Grundrechte – Folgerungen aus den Urteilen Åkerberg Fransson, Pfleger und Dano (Hartz IV)
    Translated Title:
    Supremacy, limits and strengthening effects of the EU fundamental rights – Conclusions drawn from the judgements Åkerberg Fransson, Pfleger und Dano (Hartz IV)
    Author(s):
    Frenz, W.
    Published in: Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 741-746
  • Grundrecht auf Streik - Rechtsgrundlagen und Rechtsfolgen
    Translated Title:
    The fundamental right to strike – legal bases and legal consequences
    Author(s):
    Kohlbacher, E.
    Published in: Ecolex, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 690-693
  • Protection of Fundamental Rights in the European Union: On the Relationship between EU Fundamental Rights, the European Convention and National Standards of Protection
    Author(s):
    Kokott, J. & Sobotta, C.
    Published in: Yearbook of European Law, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 60-73
  • Il riconoscimento in materia fiscale dei diritti fondamentali tutelati dalla CEDU e dalla Carta dei diritti UE
    Translated Title:
    The acceptance of fundamental rights as laid down in the ECHR and the Charter in the area of fiscal law
    Author(s):
    Laroma Jezzi, P.
    Published in: Corriere Tributario, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 679-684
  • La construction européenne et son incidence sur les compétences étatiques et la hiérarchie des normes
    Translated Title:
    The European structure and its impact on national competencies and the hierarchy of norms
    Author(s):
    Levade, A.
    Published in: Revue française de droit constitutionnel, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 287-306
  • Vijf jaar bindend Handvest van de Grondrechten: wat heeft het de rechtzoekende opgeleverd?
    Translated Title:
    Five years of a binding Charter on Fundamental Rights: what has it brought for the person seeking legal recourse?
    Author(s):
    Morijn, J., Pahladsingh, A. & Palm, H.
    Published in: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 123-132
  • Los tres niveles de garantías de los derechos fundamentales en la Unión Europea: problemas de articulación
    Translated Title:
    The three layers of fundamental rights guarantees in the European Union: problems of articulation
    Author(s):
    Muñoz Machado, S.
    Published in: Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 195-230
  • Il principio di attribuzione e l'applicabilita'della carta dei diritti fondamentali: l'orientamento della giurisprudenza
    Translated Title:
    The Principle of Conferral and the Applicability of the Charter of Fundamental Rights: The Approach Taken by Judicial Decisions
    Author(s):
    Nascimbene, B.
    Published in: Rivista di diritto internazionale, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    pp 49-78
  • Charte des droits fondamentaux et principes généraux du droit
    Translated Title:
    Charter of fundamental rights and general principles of law
    Author(s):
    Picod, F.
    Published in: Revue des droits et libertés fondamentaux, 2015
    Year:
    2015
  • Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union – legal decisional document in justice and administration
    Author(s):
    Popescu, C. F. & Grigore-Rӑdulescu, M.-I.
    Published in: Journal of Law and Administrative Sciences, Special Issue, 2015
    Year:
    2015
    Page numbers:
    p 545

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