THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY IN THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION Cover Image

ПРИНЦИПЪТ НА РАВНО ТРЕТИРАНЕ В ХАРТАТА НА ОСНОВНИТЕ ПРАВА НА ЕВРОПЕЙСКИЯ СЪЮЗ
THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY IN THE CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Author(s): Alexandra Valcheva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Sociology
Published by: Институт за правосъдие и права на човека
Keywords: principle of equality; EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; EU law; Court of Justice of the European Union; non-discrimination member states

Summary/Abstract: The principle of equal treatment is a fundamental principle in every legal and democratic state, for the effective guarantee of which a number of legal instruments have been adopted at the international, regional and national level. Already in the first international acts for the protection of human rights, the stated principle finds expression and confirmation in the explicit regulation of the universal right of every person to equality before the law and protection from discrimination. EU law also contains explicit guarantees to ensure equality and and non-discrimination, an important part of which is regulated in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In this report, a brief analysis will be made precisely of the provisions of the mentioned European legal act, the main purpose of which is the full implementation of the principle of equality of citizens.

  • Issue Year: 1/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 29-41
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Bulgarian