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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.

251 results found

  • Aby Karta praw podstawowych Unii Europejskiej była rzeczywistością dla wszystkich: 10 lat, odkąd Karta jest prawnie wiążąca
    Translated Title:
    Let the Charter of Fundamental Rights be reality for everyone: 10 years since the Charter became legally binding
    Author(s):
    Lenaerts, Koen
    Published in: Europejski Przegląd Sądowy
    Year:
    2020
    Page numbers:
    4
  • From Portugal to Poland: The Court of Justice of the European Union as watchdog of judicial independence
    Author(s):
    Torres Perez, Aida
    Published in: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law 27 1
    Year:
    2020
    Page numbers:
    105-119
  • Świeże spojrzenie TSUE na Kartę praw podstawowych Unii Europejskiej
    Translated Title:
    A recent look of the CJEU on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
    Author(s):
    Surdykowska, Barbara
    Published in: Praca i Zabezpieczenie Społeczne 61 2
    Year:
    2020
    Page numbers:
    12
  • Instrumente juridice de protectie a drepturilor fundamentale la nivelul Uniunii Europene
    Translated Title:
    European Union legal instruments for the protection of fundamental human rights
    Author(s):
    Oana-Mihaela Salomia
    Published in: C.H. Beck Publishing
    Year:
    2020
  • Temeljne pravice v času koronakrize z vidika prava EU
    Translated Title:
    Fundamental rights at the time of corona crisis from the perspective of EU law
    Author(s):
    Trstenjak, Verica
    Published in: Pravna praksa, Časopis za pravna vprašanja 39
    Year:
    2020
    Page numbers:
    1-8
  • The Charter of Fundamental Rights: ‘All EU-r rights’ in 54 provisions
    Author(s):
    Toggenburg, G.
    Published in: Blog Series “All EU-r rights”
    Publisher:
    Blog EUreka!
    Year:
    2019
  • La relazione fra Carta dei Diritti Fondamentali dell’Unione Europea e direttive nelle controversie orizzontali
    Translated Title:
    The relationship between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and directives in disputes between private individuals
    Author(s):
    Rossi, L. S.
    Published in: Federalismi.it 10
    Year:
    2019
  • Le direttive in materia sociale e la Carta dei diritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea: un dialogo tra fonti per dilatare e razionalizzare (?) gli orizzonti dell’effetto diretto. Il caso della giurisprudenza “sulle ferie”
    Translated Title:
    The directives in the social field, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: A dialogue between sources of law to widen and streamline (?) the scope of direct effect. Case law on “leave from work”
    Author(s):
    Condinanzi, M.
    Published in: Federalismi.it 10
    Year:
    2019
  • Brexit and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
    Author(s):
    Markakis, M.
    Published in: Public Law: the Constitutional & Administrative Law of the Commonwealth 1
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    82-101
  • So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu: Brexit and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
    Author(s):
    Barnard, C.
    Published in: Modern Law Review 82 2
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 350-366
  • Genome Editing and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
    Author(s):
    Weingerl, P.
    Published in: Kraljić, S., Reberšek Gorišek, J. et al (eds.) 28. posvetovanje Medicina, pravo in družba: Globalizacija medicine v 21. stoletju, Maribor, Univerza v Mariboru, Pravna fakulteta
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 289-309
  • The EU Internal Market and the EU Charter: Exploring the ‘Derogation Situation
    Author(s):
    Lenaerts, K and Gutiérrez-Fons, José A.
    Published in: F. Amtenbrink, G. Davies, D. Kochenov, & J. Lindeboom (Eds.), The Internal Market and the Future of European Integration: Essays in Honour of Laurence W. Gormley
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 49-56
  • Ustavni sud Republike Hrvatske kao “europski” sud i očuvanje nacionalnih standarda zaštite temeljnih ljudskih prava i sloboda
    Translated Title:
    The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia as a ‘European’ Court and the Preservation of National Standards of Fundamental Rights Protection
    Author(s):
    Horvat Vuković, A.
    Published in: Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu 69 2
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 249-276
  • La mobilisation de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne par les juridictions constitutionnelles
    Translated Title:
    The mobilisation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union by the Constitutional Courts
    Author(s):
    Burgorgue-Larsen, L.
    Published in: Conseil Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council) Titre VII 2019/1 (N° 2)
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 31-40
  • Listina základních práv EU jako měřítko pro vnitrostátní legislativu?
    Translated Title:
    The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU as a Yardstick for National Legislation?
    Author(s):
    Grinc, J.
    Published in: Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Iuridica 4/2018
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 11-18
  • Semester - dödsviktig princip som har horisontell direkt effekt med stöd av stadgan
    Translated Title:
    Vacation – Deadly important principle, with horizontal direct effect with support from the Charter
    Author(s):
    Sirnander, E.
    Published in: Europarättslig tidskrift 2
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 301-312
  • Drittwirkung von Grundrechten der EU-Grundrechtecharta
    Translated Title:
    Third-party effect of fundamental rights of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights
    Author(s):
    Schlachter, M.
    Published in: Zeitschrift für europäisches Sozial- und Arbeitsrecht 18 2
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 53-58
  • Drittwirkung der Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union und ihre Folgen für das nationale Arbeitsrecht
    Translated Title:
    Third-party-effects of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and its consequences for national labor law
    Author(s):
    Bell, M.
    Published in: Das Recht der Arbeit 4
    Year:
    2019
  • Protection of the EU Charter for Private Legal Entities and Public Authorities? The Personal Scope of Fundamental Rights within Europe Compared
    Author(s):
    Julicher, M., Henriques, M., Blai, A., & Policastro, P.
    Published in: Utrecht Law Review 15 1
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    pp. 1-25
  • The Binding Charter Ten Years on: More than a ‘Mere Entreaty’?
    Author(s):
    Frantziou, E.
    Published in: Yearbook of European Law 0 0
    Year:
    2019
    Page numbers:
    1-46

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