Systems

Handvest van de grondrechten van de EU

Highlights

  • Fundamental Rights Report
    11
    June
    2020
    This focus takes a closer look at the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which has been legally binding for 10 years. At EU level, it has gained visibility and sparked a new fundamental rights culture. At national level, awareness and use of the Charter are limited. Courts increasingly use the Charter, showing the impact of this modern instrument. But its use by governments and parliaments remains low. For instance, there is little indication of anyone regularly scrutinising national legislation that transposes EU law for compatibility with the Charter.
  • Country sheets
    22
    March
    2019
    De lidstaten hebben de uitdrukkelijke plicht om de toepassing van het Handvest te bevorderen. Deze landenoverzichten dragen daartoe bij doordat zij voorbeelden geven van het gebruik van het Handvest en laten zien welke toegevoegde waarde het biedt.
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    Grondrechten zijn de elementaire rechten en vrijheden die aan iedereen in de EU toekomen. Deze rechten zijn overal gelijk, ongeacht waar u vandaan komt, wat u gelooft of hoe u leeft.
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    Fundamental Rights Report 2019: The Charter of Fundamental Rights is the EU’s bill of human rights. These rights and principles have to be respected and promoted by EU institutions and Member States whenever they act within EU law. Approaching the Charter’s 10th anniversary, Member States do not yet make full use of the potential it offers.
    Producten
    19
    August
    2022
    Het Handvest van de grondrechten van de Europese Unie is de bill of rights van de EU. Voor de EU-instellingen en lidstaten is het Handvest altijd bindend wanneer zij binnen de werkingssfeer van het Unierecht handelen. De beoordeling of een concreet geval binnen de werkingssfeer van het Unierecht valt, is echter verre van eenvoudig. Daarom is het nodig beoefenaars van juridische beroepen opleidingen en opleidingsmateriaal aan te bieden over het toepassingsgebied van het Handvest, zoals omschreven in artikel 51 daarvan. In het handboek wordt gebruikgemaakt van een reeks casestudy’s, die in de toekomst verder zullen worden uitgebreid.
    The Agency provides support and expertise on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union at different governance levels by delivering a series of products related to the the Charter.
    Key statements from the FRA/Euractiv online event Reinforcing the EU Charter: rights of people in the EU in the next decade, 7 December 2020.
    11
    June
    2020
    This focus takes a closer look at the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, which has been legally binding for 10 years. At EU level, it has gained visibility and sparked a new fundamental rights culture. At national level, awareness and use of the Charter are limited. Courts increasingly use the Charter, showing the impact of this modern instrument. But its use by governments and parliaments remains low. For instance, there is little indication of anyone regularly scrutinising national legislation that transposes EU law for compatibility with the Charter.
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapter about Justice.
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapter about Freedoms.
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapter about Equality.
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapter about Citizens' Rights.
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapter about Solidarity.
    Improve law and policies by always checking the applicability of the Charter!
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue and its chapters starting with Dignity.
    Check out the EU's modern human rights catalogue! The Charter celebrates this year its 10th anniversary since it became legally binding!
    12
    November
    2019
    The Charter is most effective, and has a real impact on people’s lives, when parliaments, governments and courts at local, regional and national levels all actively apply it. The national sphere is particularly relevant. A strong fundamental rights architecture and committed national governments and parliaments are key to letting the Charter unfold its potential at this level. Civil society organisations (CSOs) and national human rights institutions (NHRIs) are also crucial given their contributions to the protection and promotion of Charter rights.
    Fundamental Rights Report 2019: The Charter of Fundamental Rights is the EU’s bill of human rights. These rights and principles have to be respected and promoted by EU institutions and Member States whenever they act within EU law. Approaching the Charter’s 10th anniversary, Member States do not yet make full use of the potential it offers.
    22
    March
    2019
    De lidstaten hebben de uitdrukkelijke plicht om de toepassing van het Handvest te bevorderen. Deze landenoverzichten dragen daartoe bij doordat zij voorbeelden geven van het gebruik van het Handvest en laten zien welke toegevoegde waarde het biedt.
    23
    October
    2018
    Als een zeer actuele mensenrechtencatalogus die vele rechten omvat die in erkende
    grondrechtenverklaringen niet terug te vinden zijn, ziet het Handvest er op papier zeer
    goed uit. Wie vertrouwd is met de belangrijkste beginselen van EU-recht, kan doorgaans
    snel vertellen dat het Handvest altijd bindend is voor de EU, en voor de lidstaten
    enkel bindend is “wanneer zij het recht van de Unie ten uitvoer brengen”. Maar wat
    betekent deze vaak genoemde formulering uit artikel 51 van het Handvest precies?
    1
    October
    2018
    With this Opinion, FRA aims to contribute to the European Parliament's own-initiative report on the “Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the EU institutional framework”, being prepared in the Parliament’s Committee for Constitutional Affairs (AFCO). The request aims at understanding the interaction between the Charter’s implementation at national and EU level, and whether there are “instruments, mechanisms and practices” available at EU level to assist Member States to better implement the Charter.
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    February
    2016
    This leaflet explains how national parliaments, governments and courts can use the Charter and shows how the Charter was used at the national level in 2015.
    10
    October
    2012
    Copenhagen Seminar Report
    Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU and EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (15–16 March 2012)
    Grondrechten zijn de elementaire rechten en vrijheden die aan iedereen in de EU toekomen. Deze rechten zijn overal gelijk, ongeacht waar u vandaan komt, wat u gelooft of hoe u leeft.