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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- Special Section: The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Weak Social Constitution? IntroductionPublished in: International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 197-201
- Prawo do skutecznego środka prawnego w art. 47 Karty Praw Podstawowych UE - znaczenie i deficytyTranslated Title:The right to the effective legal remedy in Article 47 of the European Union Charter of the Fundamental Rights – the meaning and deficitsPublished in: Europejski Przegląd Sądowy, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 37-44
- L'application problématique de la Charte des droits fondamentaux aux mesures d'austérité : vers une immunité juridictionnelleTranslated Title:The Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in Times of Austerity : Towards Jurisdictional ImmunityPublished in: Journal européen des droits de l'homme, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 469-495
- EU Charteret om grundlæggende rettigheders betydning i momsrettenTranslated Title:The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights' impact on VAT lawPublished in: Momspanelet, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 1-9
- Grondrechten binnen de Europese interne markt: een tragikomisch conflict tussen waarden in de ‘Domus Europaea’Translated Title:Fundamental rights within the European internal market: a tragicomic conflict between values in the 'Domus Europaea'Published in: SEW - Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 99-109
- Beperkt het handvest van de grondrechten van de EU de toepassing van de Antigoon-doctrine in fiscalibus?Translated Title:Does the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU limit the application of the doctrine Antigone in tax law?Published in: Tijdschrift Voor Fiscaal Recht, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 356-358
- Europos Sąjungos pagrindinių teisių chartijoje įtvirtinta teisė į gerą administravimąTranslated Title:The Right to Good Administration as established by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionPublished in: Teisė, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 92-109
- Die Bindung der Mitgliedstaaten an die EU-Grundrechtecharta bei Ermessensspielräumen, insbesondere in Fällen der Richtlinienumsetzung und unter Berücksichtigung der Folgerechtsprechung zu "Åkerberg Fransson"Translated Title:The binding effects of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for the Member States and their margins of discretion, focusing on the implementation of Directives and considering case law related to "Åkerberg Fransson"Published in: Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien (ZEuS), 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 203-234
- Pravni okvir za zaštitu osobnih podataka (u vezi sa zdravljem) u pravu Europske unijeTranslated Title:The legal framework for the protection of personal information (health-related) in European Union lawPublished in: Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 125-154
- Még mindig mindenki gyanús? Az EU Alapjogi Charta és a nemzeti jog viszonya a Digital Rights Ireland-ítélet fényébenTranslated Title:Is Everyone Still Suspicious All the Time? The Relationship between the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and Domestic Legislation in light of the Digital Rights Ireland judgmentPublished in: Magyar jog: a magyar jogász egylet folyóirata, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 1-16
- Private autonomy at Union level: On Article 16 CFREU and free movement rightsPublished in: Common Market Law Review, 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 979-1005
- Η αρχή ne bis in idem και οι αποκλίσεις της νομολογίας του ΕΔΔΑ, του ΔΕΕ και του Συμβουλίου της ΕπικρατείαςTranslated Title:The ne bis in idem principle and the deviations of the case law of ECHR, Court of Justice of EU and State CouncilPublished in: Εκδόσεις Σάκκουλα (Sakkoulas Publications), 2016Year:2016Page numbers:pp 427-434
- Änderungen im Diskriminierungsschutz durch die Europäische Grundrechtecharta: Anwendungsbereich und inhaltliche Reichweite des Art. 21 Abs. 1 EGRCTranslated Title:hanges in the protection against discrimination by the European Charter of Fundamental Rights. Application and substantive scope of Article 21 (1) of the EU Charter of Fundamental RightsPublisher:NomosYear:2016
- Europäische Grundrechte-Charta. KommentarTranslated Title:European Charter of Fundamental Rights. Legal CommentarPublisher:C.H. BeckYear:2016
- JHG , EU-Handvest SelectieTranslated Title:JHG, EU-Charter SelectionPublisher:Sdu uitgeversYear:2016
- De toepassing van het Handvest van de grondrechten van de Europese Unie op handelingen van de lidstaten: een analyse in het licht van het arrest C-617/10 van het Hof van Justitie van 26 februari 2013 inzake Åkerberg FranssonTranslated Title:The application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union regarding the actions of the Member States: an analysis in the light of the judgment in Case C-617/10 of the Court of Justice of February 26, 2013 on Åkerberg FranssoPublished in: Tijdschrift voor Bestuurswetenschappen en PubliekrechPublisher:KluwerYear:2016Page numbers:pp 16 - 33
- Súťažné právo a Charta základných práv Európskej únieTranslated Title:Competition law and the Charter of Fundamental RightsPublished in: Bulletin - Najvyššieho súdu Slovenskej republikyYear:2016Page numbers:pp. 4 - 8
- EU’s Charter – I et menneskeretlige krydsfeltTranslated Title:The EU Charter – in a human rights cross fieldPublisher:Djøf ForlagYear:2016
- La Charte des droits fondamentaux et l’équilibre constitutionnel entre l’Union européenne et les États membresTranslated Title:The Charter of fundamental rights and the constitutional balance between the European Union and the Member StatesPublisher:BruylantYear:2016
- La Carta dei diritti dell’Unione europea come strumento di rafforzamento e protezione dello Stato di dirittoTranslated Title:The EU Charter of rights: a tool for the strengthening and protection of the rule of lawPublished in: Politica del Diritto 1-2Year:2016Page numbers:pp 15 - 32