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.
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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- La presunción de inocencia en la carta de los derechos fundamentales de la Unión EuropeaTranslated Title:The presumption of innocence in the European Union Charter of Fundamental RightsPublished in: Revista Vasca de Derecho Procesal y Arbitraje, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 199-213
- Grundrechtsschutz im Spannungsfeld von Grundgesetz, EMRK und GrundrechtechartaTranslated Title:Fundamental rights protection in the area of conflict between Basic Law, the ECHR and the Fundamental Rights CharterPublished in: Juristische Schulung, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 385-392
- Právo na obhajobu právnickej osobyTranslated Title:The Right of defence of legal personsPublished in: Bulletin slovenskej advokácie, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 30-35
- EU-charteret og grundlovens § 20Translated Title:The EU Charter and Section 20 of the Danish ConstitutionPublished in: Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 413-422
- Nationale Verfassungsgerichte als alleinige Hüter der Unions-(grund)-rechte?: Nationale versus unionale (Grundrechte-)GerichtsbarkeitTranslated Title:National constitutional courts as the sole guardians of the (fundamental) rights?: National versus union (fundamental rights) jurisdictionPublished in: Zeitschrift für Europarecht, Internationales Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung (ZfRV), 2017Year:2017Page numbers:p 148
- Europos Sąjungos pagrindinių teisių chartija Teisingumo Teismo jurisprudencijojeTranslated Title:European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Case-Law of the Court of JusticePublished in: Jurisprudencija, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 6-34
- Die Geltung der EU-Grundrechte für die Mitgliedstaaten nach Art. 51 I GRChTranslated Title:The application of EU fundamental rights for the Member States according to Article 51 para. 1 Fundamental Rights CharterPublished in: Juristische Schulung, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 409-413
- Freedom to conduct business in EU law : freedom from interference or freedom from domination?Published in: European Journal of Legal Studies, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 103-134
- Retssammenlignende perspektiver på Højesterets kompetencekontrol i Ajos-sagenTranslated Title:Legally comparing perspectives on the Danish Supreme Court’s control of competence in the case of AjosPublished in: Ugeskrift for Retsvæsen, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 422-432
- Ústavné a úniové právo v ochrane základných práv a slobôd (Výslnie a tiene Charty základných práv Európskej únie)Translated Title:Constitutional and EU Law on Protection of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Sunny Side and Shadows of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of European Union)Published in: Justičná Revue, 2017Year:2017Page numbers:pp 1-27
- Droit des étrangers: mais à quoi sert le droit à une bonne administration?Translated Title:Rights of foreigners: what is the use of the right to good administration?Published in: La Revue des Droits de l'Homme, 2017Year:2017
- Charter of Fundamental rightsPublished in: Podręcznik prawa Unii Europejskiej. Instytucje i porządek prawny. Prawo materialne Chapters 1.7.4-1.75Publisher:Instytut Wydawniczy EuroPrawo,Year:2017
- Protectia juridica a Cartei drepturilor fundamentale a Uniunii EuropeneTranslated Title:Legal Protection of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionPublisher:Universul Juridic PublishingYear:2017
- Europäisches Unionsrecht: EUV - AEUV - Grundrechte-ChartaTranslated Title:European Union Law: TEU – TFEU – Fundamental Rights CharterPublisher:NomosYear:2017
- Neposredni učinek prepovedi diskriminacije na podlagi starosti v zasebnopravnih sporihTranslated Title:Direct effect of the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of age in disputes between private partiesPublished in: Izzivi ustavnega prava v 21. stoletju: liber amicorum Ciril RibičičPublisher:Inštitut za lokalno samoupravo in javna naročilaYear:2017Page numbers:pp. 207-223
- Privaatsusõiguse riive proportsionaalsuse hindamise kriteeriumid euroopa liidu õiguses elektroonilise side andmete kaitse valdkonna näitelTranslated Title:The criteria for evaluating the proportionality of limitations to the right to privacy in the Law of the European Union on the example of communications data protectionPublisher:University of Tartu, Master ThesisYear:2017
- Le cadre interprétatif de la Charte des droits fondamentauxTranslated Title:The interpretative framework of the Charter of Fundamental RightsPublished in: in A. Biad and V. Parisot (eds.), Commentaire de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européennePublisher:AnthémisYear:2017
- Præjudikat eller ikke præjudikat – Chartrets retsvirkning i dansk ret efter EU-domstolens og Højesterets afgørelser i Ajos-sagenTranslated Title:Precedent or not precedent – the legal effect of the Charter in Danish law after the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Danish Supreme Court’s decisions in the case of AjosPublished in: Tidsskrift for RettsvitenskapYear:2017Page numbers:pp. 218-246
- The application of the EU Charter in CyprusPublished in: in L. Burgorgue-Larsen (ed.), La Charte des Droits Fondamentaux de l’Union Europénne saisie par les judges en EuropePublisher:PedoneYear:2017Page numbers:pp. 611-659
- Andmesubjekti õigus andmete kustutamisele vs väljendusvabadus ja ettevõtlusvabadusTranslated Title:The data subject's right to data erasure versus the right of expression and freedom to conduct businessPublisher:University of TartuYear:2017