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.
Access the Charter in International Sign Language
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.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
- Annual report by the European Commission on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (2010 onwards)
- Strategy to strengthen the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU
- Commission notice - Guidance on ensuring the respect for the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union when implementing the European Structural and Investment Funds (‘ESI Funds’)
- Council Conclusions on the Charter of Fundamental Rights after 10 Years: State of Play and Future Work, 20.9.2019
- European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework (2017/2089(INI))
- How to better implement the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - Selected Quotes from European Parliament and Council Conclusions 2010 - 2020
ARTICLE-BY-ARTICLE COMMENTARIES ON THE CHARTER
- Bifulco, R., Cartabia, M. and Celotto, A. (2001), L’Europa dei diritti: Commento alla Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione Europea, il Mulino, Bologna.
- Coghian N. Steiert M. (eds.) (2020), The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: the travaux préparatoires and selected documents
- Holoubek, M. and Lienbacher, G. (eds.) (2019), Commentary on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (GRC-Kommentar), 2nd edition, Manz, Vienna;
- Kellerbauer, M., Klamert, M. and Tomkin J. (eds.) (2019), Commentary on the EU Treaties and the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Mangas Martin, A. (2008), Carta de los derechos fundamentales de la Unión Europea: Comentario, artículo por artículo, Fundacion BBVA, Bilbao.
- Mastroianni, R., Allegrezza, S., Razzolini, O., Pollicino, O. and Pappalardo, F. (eds.) (2017), Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione Europea, Giuffrè, Milano;
- Meyer, J. and Hölscheidt, S. (eds.) (2019), Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union: Kommentar, (Commentary on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union) 5th edition.
- Peers, S., Hervey, T., Kenner, J. and Ward, A. (scheduled for 2021), The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A commentary, 2nd edition, CH Beck Hart Nomos, Oxford;
- Picod, F., Rizcallah, C. and Van Drooghenbroeck, S. (2020), Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne: Commentaire article par article (Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: Commentary article-byarticle), Bruylant, Bruxelles.
- Sachpekidou E., Tagaras Ch., Kanellopoulou-Malouchou N., Karagiannis V., Lentzis D., Marouda M.-N., Sarmas D., Takis A., Tsolka O., (2020), Κατ’ άρθρο ερμηνεία του Χάρτη των Θεμελιωδών Δικαιωμάτων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (Article-By-Article Commentary Of The Eu Charter Of Fundamental Rights ), Nomiki Bibliothiki, 752 p.
- Toggenburg G. (2019 - 2021), All EU-r rights, Online series published in the EURAC Research in English, Blog (and partly available also in Italian on Lo Spiegone)
OTHER DOCUMENTS, SOURCES AND TOOLS (mostly from projects co-funded by the EU)
- Case-law by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the principle of ne bis in idem in criminal matters. Eurojust February 2024
- European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) judicial publications
The European Union Agency for Asylum produces a range of judicial publications specifically tailored to the needs of members of courts and tribunals competent in asylum matters. These publications comprise judicial analyses, judicial trainers’ guidance notes and compilations of jurisprudence. All materials are developed in English and are translated in several languages. - ACTIONES (Active Charter Training through Interaction Of National Experiences) was an EU-funded project focused on the vertical and horizontal interaction between courts. It resulted in four handbooks on techniques of judicial interactions in the application of the Charter.
- The Charter in action: an EU-funded project that resulted in a best practices handbook for Charter trainings and a training manual;
- Charterclick was an EU-funded project that resulted in a Charter tutorial and an interactive checklist both designed to make understand whether the Charter applies to a given case. Both tools are available on the e-justice platform of the European Commission.
- European Judicial Training Network (ETJN) database lists all available face-to-face judicial training opportunities.
- Council of Europe HELP training platform provides a range of resources on the ECHR. These include distance-learning and self-learning resources on the ECHR and European human rights standards, as well as handbooks and other useful resources.
- Council of Europe HELP: Introduction to Human Rights Protection in Europe - Interplay between the ECHR and the EU Charter
- Judging the Charter: an EU-funded project which resulted in a set of training events, a manual on the role of the Charter in asylum cases and a Charter website that brings together a large amount of Charter-related information, including exercises and training materials, case law and a selection of relevant EU legislation;
- Library of Charter-specific training materials put together by the European Law Academy in Trier which offers a wide spectrum of trainings on the Charter
- Making the Charter of Fundamental Rights a living instrument: an EU-funded project that resulted in a user-friendly Manual on the Charter and Guidelines for civil society actors on how to best use the Charter;
- Making the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights a reality for all - 12 November 2019 - Conference material
NB: The above links are provided for information purposes only. The FRA bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of external websites and links.
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- Правото на информация като основно човешко правоTranslated Title:Right to Information as a Fundamental Human RightPublished in: Правен святYear:2016
- After the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: The Court of Justice as a Human Rights Adjudicator?Published in: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 2013Year:2015
- Konstitutsiooniline) renvoi: kas põhiseaduslik nõue või kaera Trooja hobusele?Translated Title:‘(Constitutional) renvoi: constitutional requirement or oats to Trojan horse?’Published in: Juridica IIYear:2015Page numbers:pp. 88-97
- The dark side of fundamental rights adjudication? The Court, the Charter and the asymmetric interpretation of fundamental rights in the AMS case and beyondPublished in: European Labour Law Journal, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 190-214
- Хоризонтален директен ефект на общите принципи на правото на ЕС и на Хартата на основните права на ЕСTranslated Title:Horizontal Direct Effect of the General Principles of EU Law and of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EUPublished in: Норма, 2015Year: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 EuropéenneTranslated Title:Principle of equivalence and the Charter of Fundamental Rights: The fortunate fiscal implications of the case-law of the European Court of JusticePublished in: Revue Générale de Fiscalité, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 4-13
- A tisztességes eljáráshoz való jog és annak védelme az Európai Unió Alapjogi ChartájábanTranslated Title:The Right to a Fair Trial and its Protection in the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental RightsPublished in: Európai jog, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 21-28
- The Court and the Charter: A ‘Consistent’ Interpretation of Fundamental Social Rights and PrinciplesPublished in: European Labour Law Journal, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 86-99
- The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in the case law of the European Court of Human RightsPublished in: European Human Rights Law Review, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 27-40
- Rechten, beginselen en horizontale directe werking van de grondrechten uit het EU-HandvestTranslated Title:Rights, principles and horizontal direct effect of the fundamental rights from the EU CharterPublished in: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Burgerlijk Recht, 2015Year:2015Page 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?Published in: Juristen, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 168-175
- Listina základních práv Evropské unie a trestní řízeníTranslated Title:The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Criminal ProceedingsPublished in: Státní zastupitelství, Wolters Kluwer ČR a.s., 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 8-15
- The Horizontal Effect of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: Rediscovering the Reasons for HorizontalityPublished in: European Law Journal, 2015Year:2015Page 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)Published in: Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 741-746
- Grundrecht auf Streik - Rechtsgrundlagen und RechtsfolgenTranslated Title:The fundamental right to strike – legal bases and legal consequencesPublished in: Ecolex, 2015Year:2015Page 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 ProtectionPublished in: Yearbook of European Law, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 60-73
- Il riconoscimento in materia fiscale dei diritti fondamentali tutelati dalla CEDU e dalla Carta dei diritti UETranslated Title:The acceptance of fundamental rights as laid down in the ECHR and the Charter in the area of fiscal lawPublished in: Corriere Tributario, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 679-684
- La construction européenne et son incidence sur les compétences étatiques et la hiérarchie des normesTranslated Title:The European structure and its impact on national competencies and the hierarchy of normsPublished in: Revue française de droit constitutionnel, 2015Year:2015Page 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?Published in: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Europees Recht, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 123-132
- Los tres niveles de garantías de los derechos fundamentales en la Unión Europea: problemas de articulaciónTranslated Title:The three layers of fundamental rights guarantees in the European Union: problems of articulationPublished in: Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, 2015Year:2015Page numbers:pp 195-230