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ПРИСТУПАЊЕ ЕВРОПСКЕ УНИЈЕ ЕВРОПСКОЈ КОНВЕНЦИЈИ О ЉУДСКИМ ПРАВИМА КАО ВИД УНАПРЕЂЕЊА ЗАШТИТЕ ЉУДСКИХ ПРАВА У ЕВРОПИ
EU ACCESSION TO THE ECHR – ENLARGING THE HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN EUROPE

Author(s): Ivana Krstić, Bojana Čučković
Subject(s): Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: ECHR; CJEU; Accession; Bosphorus principle; Opinion 2/13;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the importance of the EU accession to the ECHR, as the most significant regional instrument for human rights protection. The paper outlines the evolution of the idea of the accession to the ECHR, different stages of that process, as well as a Draft agreement which attempted to resolve some complex legal issues relating to the specific nature of the EU legal system. In the second part of this paper, the Opinion 2/13 of the CJEU from December 2014 has been analyzed, which basically interrupted the entire accession process. It is noted that currently the ECtHR has only an indirect constitutional control over the EU’s legal order by examining laws of the Member States. The EU accession to the ECHR would allow examination of all acts and measures in the EU from the human rights perspective, including those over which the CJEU does not have full oversight function.

  • Issue Year: 64/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 49-78
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Serbian
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