New Challenges for the EU in the Field of Human Rights (Focusing on the Mechanism of the Charter)
New Challenges for the EU in the Field of Human Rights (Focusing on the Mechanism of the Charter)
Author(s): Naděžda ŠiškováSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Legislation
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Fundamental Rights; EU Chapter of Fundamental Rights of the EU; Application; Mechanism of the Protection; Protocol No 30;
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with issues of the application and interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU as the first catalogue of human rights at the level of supranational entities. Author describes the the peculiarities of the application of the Charter, especially deals with the most problematic issues like legal status of the Explanations to the Charter, two categories of provisions = rights and principles and distinction between them. The article also focuses on the Protocol on the Application of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the EU to Poland and the United Kingdom and explains the reasons for non-accession of the Czech Republic to this instrument.
Journal: European Studies - the Review of European Law, Economics and Politics
- Issue Year: 1/2014
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 12-21
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English