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Avdelning I: Värdighet
1 - Människans värdighet
2 - Rätt till liv
3 - Människans rätt till integritet
4 - Förbud mot tortyr och omänsklig eller förnedrande bestraffning och behandling
5 - Förbud mot slaveri och tvångsarbete
Avdelning II: Friheter
6 - Rätt till frihet och säkerhet
7 - Respekt för privatlivet och familjelivet
8 - Skydd av personuppgifter
9 - Rätt att ingå äktenskap och rätt att bilda familj
10 - Tankefrihet, samvetsfrihet och religionsfrihet
11 - Yttrandefrihet och informationsfrihet
12 - Mötes
13 - Frihet för konsten och vetenskapen
14 - Rätt till utbildning
15 - Fritt yrkesval och rätt att arbeta
16 - Näringsfrihet
17 - Rätt till egendom
18 - Rätt till asyl
19 - Skydd vid avlägsnande, utvisning och utlämning
Avdelning III: Jämlikhet
20 - Likhet inför lagen
21 - Icke-diskriminering
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23 - Jämställdhet mellan kvinnor och män
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25 - Äldres rättigheter
26 - Integrering av personer med funktionshinder
Avdelning IV: Solidaritet
27 - Arbetstagares rätt till information och samråd inom företaget
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29 - Rätt till tillgång till arbetsförmedlingar
30 - Skydd mot uppsägning utan saklig grund
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39 - Rösträtt och valbarhet till Europaparlamentet
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42 - Rätt till tillgång till handlingar
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47 - Rätt till ett effektivt rättsmedel och till en opartisk domstol
48 - Presumtion för oskuld och rätten till försvar
49 - Principerna om laglighet och proportionalitet i fråga om brott och straff
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Rättvisa, brottsoffers rättigheter och rättsligt samarbete
Brottsoffrets rättigheter
Den tilltalades rättigheter
De allmänna domstolarna
Rättsligt samarbete och rättsstatsprincipen
Säkerhet
Företag och mänskliga rättigheter
Jämlikhet, icke-diskriminering och rasism
Barn, ungdomar och äldre
Personer med funktionsnedsättning
Hatbrott
Ras och etniskt ursprung
Religion och övertygelse
Romer
Kön, sexuell läggning och könsidentitet
Asyl, migration och gränser
Tillgång till asyl
Gränser och informationssystem
Barnets skydd
Irreguljär migration, återvändande och förvar för migranter
Laglig migration och integration
Människohandel och arbetskraftsexploatering
Dataskydd, integritet och ny teknik
Artificiell intelligens och stordata
Gränser och informationssystem
Dataskydd
Olaglig profilering
Stöd till människorättssystem och människorättsförsvarare
EU-stadgan om de grundläggande rättigheterna
Mellanstatliga system för mänskliga rättigheter
Nationella system och organ för mänskliga rättigheter
Civilsamhället
Europeiska unionens stadga om de grundläggande rättigheterna
Europeiska unionens stadga om de grundläggande rättigheterna
Vad är grundläggande rättigheter?
What is the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights?
Ingress
Avdelning I: Värdighet
1 -
Människans värdighet
2 -
Rätt till liv
3 -
Människans rätt till integritet
4 -
Förbud mot tortyr och omänsklig eller förnedrande bestraffning och behandling
5 -
Förbud mot slaveri och tvångsarbete
Avdelning II: Friheter
6 -
Rätt till frihet och säkerhet
7 -
Respekt för privatlivet och familjelivet
8 -
Skydd av personuppgifter
9 -
Rätt att ingå äktenskap och rätt att bilda familj
10 -
Tankefrihet, samvetsfrihet och religionsfrihet
11 -
Yttrandefrihet och informationsfrihet
12 -
Mötes
13 -
Frihet för konsten och vetenskapen
14 -
Rätt till utbildning
15 -
Fritt yrkesval och rätt att arbeta
16 -
Näringsfrihet
17 -
Rätt till egendom
18 -
Rätt till asyl
19 -
Skydd vid avlägsnande, utvisning och utlämning
Avdelning III: Jämlikhet
20 -
Likhet inför lagen
21 -
Icke-diskriminering
22 -
Kulturell, religiös och språklig mångfald
23 -
Jämställdhet mellan kvinnor och män
24 -
Barnets rättigheter
25 -
Äldres rättigheter
26 -
Integrering av personer med funktionshinder
Avdelning IV: Solidaritet
27 -
Arbetstagares rätt till information och samråd inom företaget
28 -
Förhandlingsrätt och rätt till kollektiva åtgärder
29 -
Rätt till tillgång till arbetsförmedlingar
30 -
Skydd mot uppsägning utan saklig grund
31 -
Rättvisa arbetsförhållanden
32 -
Förbud mot barnarbete och skydd av ungdomar i arbetslivet
33 -
Familjeliv och yrkesliv
34 -
Social trygghet och socialt stöd
35 -
Hälsoskydd
36 -
Tillgång till tjänster av allmänt ekonomiskt intresse
37 -
Miljöskydd
38 -
Konsumentskydd
Avdelning V: Medborgarnas rättigheter
39 -
Rösträtt och valbarhet till Europaparlamentet
40 -
Rösträtt och valbarhet i kommunala val
41 -
Rätt till god förvaltning
42 -
Rätt till tillgång till handlingar
43 -
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47 -
Rätt till ett effektivt rättsmedel och till en opartisk domstol
48 -
Presumtion för oskuld och rätten till försvar
49 -
Principerna om laglighet och proportionalitet i fråga om brott och straff
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Rätt att inte bli dömd eller straffad två gånger för samma brott
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Support for human rights systems and defenders
National human rights systems and bodies
EU funds: Ensuring compliance with fundamental rights
19
December
2023
EU funds: Ensuring compliance with fundamental rights
National human rights systems and bodies
Support for human rights systems and defenders
All EU funds must be spent in a way that respect fundamental rights. The EU spends billions of euros on creating jobs, economic growth, sustainable development and improving people’s lives. To prevent funds from being spent in ways that directly violate people’s fundamental rights, the EU strengthened the conditions how funds can be spent in 2021. This report looks at how the newly introduced conditions related to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can be upheld in practice. It analyses the potential role of national human rights institutions, ombudsperson institutions and equality bodies. These safeguards can advance compliance with fundamental rights.
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Foreword
Key findings and FRA opinions
Enable meaningful participation of fundamental rights bodies
FRA opinion 1
FRA opinion 2
FRA opinion 3
Build capacity and provide sufficient resources for fundamental rights bodies
FRA opinion 4
FRA opinion 5
FRA opinion 6
FRA opinion 7
FRA opinion 8
Enhance the transparency and accessibility of complaints mechanisms
FRA opinion 9
FRA opinion 10
FRA opinion 11
Ways forward for independent fundamental rights bodies
Participation
Capacity and resources
Complaints and monitoring
Introduction
The importance of EU funds to fundamental rights
Charter enabling conditions
Additional fund-specific fundamental rights provisions
Examples of compliance with the Charter at national level
1. Participation
1.1 Participating in the early stages of the programming period
1.2 Participation in monitoring committees
1.3 Participation in evaluation mechanisms
1.4 Cooperation and coordination
1.5 Participation of independent fundamental rights bodies
2. Capacity
2.1 Capacity and resources of civil society to monitor
2.2 Capacity and resources of independent fundamental rights bodies to monitor
2.3 Fundamental rights awareness and expertise of officials in administration
2.4 Capacity of project implementers
2.5 Importance of training
2.6 Tools and guidance for managing authorities and beneficiaries
2.7 Contact points for issues related to the Charter and the CRPD
3. Complaints and monitoring
3.1 Judicial remedies
3.2 Complaints to the Commission
3.3 Non-judicial remedies at EU and international level
3.4 Complaints at national level
Conclusion
Annex: Methodology
Abbreviations and acronyms
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Abbreviations and acronyms
AMIF
- Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
BMVI
- Border Management and Visa Instrument
CERV
- Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values
CJEU
- Court of Justice of the European Union
CPR
- Common Provisions Regulation
CRPD
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
CSO
- Civil society organisation
ECRE
- European Council of Refugees and Exiles
EEA
- European Economic Area
EIGE
- European Institute for Gender Equality
ENNHRI
- European Network of National Human Rights Institutions
Equinet
- European Network of Equality Bodies
ERDF
- European Regional Development Fund
ESF(+)
- European Social Fund (Plus)
ESIF
- European Structural and Investment Funds
FADA
- Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency in Germany
GDP
- gross domestic product
GNCHR
- Greek National Commission for Human Rights
ISF
- Internal Security Fund
NHRI
- National human rights institution
NGO
- Non-governmental organisation
PICUM
- Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants
UN
- United Nations
Annex: Methodology
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The role of national bodies with a human rights remit in ensuring fundamental rights compliance of EU funds
National human rights systems and bodies
Support for human rights systems and defenders
These documents were commissioned under contract by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) as background material for the project ‘Providing technical assistance to national bodies with a human rights remit involved in assessing EU Charter & CRPD compliance of EU funds’. The information and views contained in the document do not necessarily reflect the views or the official position of the FRA. The document is made publicly available for transparency and information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or legal opinion.
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