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Europos Sąjungos pagrindinių teisių chartija

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Europos tautos, kurdamos dar glaudesnę tarpusavio sąjungą, yra pasiryžusios bendrų vertybių pagrindu siekti taikios ateities. Ištikima savo dvasiniam ir doroviniam paveldui Sąjunga remiasi nedalomomis ir visuotinėmis vertybėmis: žmogaus orumu, laisve, lygybe ir solidarumu; ji grindžiama demokratijos ir teisinės valstybės principais. Įkurdama Sąjungos pilietybę ir plėtodama laisvės, saugumo ir teisingumo erdvę, Sąjunga daugiausia dėmesio savo veikloje skiria žmogui.
Sąjunga prisideda prie šių bendrų vertybių išsaugojimo ir plėtotės kartu gerbdama Europos tautų kultūrų ir tradicijų įvairovę bei valstybių narių nacionalinį savitumą ir jų nacionalinių, regioninių ir vietos institucijų sandarą; Sąjunga siekia skatinti darnų ir tvarų vystymąsi bei užtikrinti laisvą asmenų, paslaugų, prekių ir kapitalo judėjimą bei įsisteigimo laisvę.
Todėl, atsižvelgiant į visuomenėje vykstančius pokyčius, socialinę pažangą ir mokslo bei technologijų laimėjimus, būtina stiprinti pagrindinių teisių apsaugą, labiau jas išryškinti Chartijoje.
Šioje Chartijoje, deramai atsižvelgiant į Sąjungos kompetenciją ir uždavinius bei į subsidiarumo principą, dar kartą įtvirtinamos pagrindinės teisės, kylančios iš visoms valstybėms narėms bendrų konstitucinių tradicijų ir tarptautinių įsipareigojimų, Europos žmogaus teisių ir pagrindinių laisvių apsaugos konvencijos, Sąjungos ir Europos Tarybos priimtų socialinių chartijų ir Europos Sąjungos Teisingumo Teismo ir Europos žmogaus teisių teismo teisminės praktikos. Atsižvelgiant į tai, Sąjungos ir valstybių narių teismai aiškins Chartiją tinkamai atsižvelgdami į išaiškinimus, parengtus prižiūrint Chartijos projektą rengusio Konvento prezidiumui ir atnaujinamus Europos konvento prezidiumo atsakomybe.
Naudojimasis šiomis teisėmis suponuoja atsakomybę ir pareigas kitų asmenų, žmonių bendruomenės ir ateities kartų atžvilgiu.
Todėl Sąjunga pripažįsta toliau išdėstytas teises, laisves ir principus.

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