欧州連合基本権憲章（おうしゅうれんごうきほんけんけんしょう）は、欧州連合の市民や域内の住民の政治的、社会的、経済的権利を法的に定める文書。2000年に起草、公布されたが、当初は法的拘束力を持つ文書ではなかった。しかしリスボン条約の発効により、欧州連合基本憲章は、他の欧州連合基本条約と同様に法的拘束力を持つこととなった[1]。, 本憲章のもとでは、欧州連合は憲章に沿って行動し、法令を制定しなければならず、また憲章に違反する欧州連合の法令に対して欧州連合司法裁判所はこれを無効と宣言する。本憲章は欧州連合の法令を執行しようとするさいの加盟国に対してのみ適用されるものであり、基本条約で与えられた範囲を超えるような形で欧州連合の権能を拡張するものではない。, 欧州経済共同体設立条約には基本権や人権に対する言及が含まれていなかった。同条約は欧州防衛共同体や欧州政治共同体の設立条約の発効が断念されたのちに起草されたものである。とくに欧州政治共同体設立条約は権利に関する規定を含んでいたものであり、この条約の失敗を踏まえて欧州経済共同体設立条約では政治的な要素を含めることを避けようとした[2]。ところが欧州経済共同体設立条約が経済的な目的に徹したことで基本権についての施策を持たせないとする考えはまもなく試練を迎えることとなった。, 欧州経済共同体設立条約が発効すると、欧州経済共同体はその政策が経済的な目的を超えて波及していることから政治的な主体として存在するようになった。1964年、欧州司法裁判所は Costa v ENEL の案件[3]で、共同体の法令は競合する加盟国の国内法に優先するという判断を下した。この判決は、加盟国政府は共同体において合意した事項を国内における競合措置を実施することで回避することができないどころか、共同体では加盟国の憲法における基本権規定による制限を受けずに法令を定めることができうるということさえも示すものであった。このような論点は1970年の裁判でも論争となり、ドイツの裁判所は共同体の法令がドイツ連邦共和国基本法に違反していると判示していた。しかしながらドイツの裁判所の判断に対し、欧州司法裁判所は、共同体法の適用は当該国の憲法にかなうものであるかに関わらないものである一方、基本権は「（共同体の）法の一般原則の不可分な部分」を構成するものであり、基本権との矛盾はヨーロッパの司法に対して訴訟を提起しえる根拠を構成すると判示した[4]。, この判決において欧州司法裁判所は事実上、共同体の機関を拘束する不文の権利の原則を作り出した。裁判所の基本権に関する管轄が1977年に共同体の諸機関によって認められた[5]、また欧州連合条約第 F 条（発効時）で基本条約にその効力が組み込まれたものの、欧州理事会が公式に欧州連合の基本権の法典化に着手することになったのは1999年のことであった。, 1999年、欧州理事会は基本権憲章を起草する「国家元首および政府首脳、欧州委員会委員長、ならびに欧州議会と国内議会の議員の代表で構成される組織」を設置することを提案した[6]。これを受けて同年12月にこの「組織」は人権と基本的自由に関する欧州コンベンションとされた[7]。, 2000年10月2日にコンベンションは草案を採択し、同年12月7日に欧州議会、閣僚理事会、欧州委員会は本憲章を公布した。ところが同時に、憲章の法的地位を定めることについては先送りすることが決定された[8]。それでも憲章は3つの主要機関の承認を受けるという政治的重要性を備えており、欧州司法裁判所も基本権の根拠としてたびたび用いていた。, 発効が断念された欧州憲法条約では、憲章は修正が加えられたうえで欧州憲法条約の一部となるはずであった。欧州憲法条約の代替となるリスボン条約でも憲章は、基本条約に組み込まれるのではなく独立した文書としてではあるが、法的拘束力を持つことになっていた。ただしいずれの場合にせよ憲章は修正されることになっていた。, 2009年にリスボン条約が発効したことを受けて、基本権憲章は欧州連合基本条約と同等の地位を有するようになった。リスボン条約で示される憲章とは、リスボン条約の署名前日に同じ3つの機関が公布した、2000年の文書に修正を加えたものである。, 憲章の第51条第1項において、本憲章は欧州連合の諸機関、欧州連合の法令によって設立された組織、そして欧州連合の法令を執行する場合における加盟国を対象としている。また欧州連合条約第6条と本憲章第51条第2項では、欧州連合の権能を拡張することを制限している。このため欧州連合は基本条約において定めがなければ、憲章で定められた権利を守るための法令を制定できないということになる。また問題となる加盟国が欧州連合の法令を執行していなければ個人は憲章における権利を守ることができないため、個人が加盟国を相手に訴訟を提起することができない。これはもっとも議論となった点である。, 本憲章は欧州連合における最初の人権規定ではない。上述の欧州連合の法令の一般原則を解釈するにあたって欧州司法裁判所は従来から、そのような一般原則が加盟国に適用できるかどうかという案件を扱ってきた。Johnston v Royal Ulster Constabulary[9] では、公正な手続きに対する権利は共同体の法令の一般原理であると判示し、また Kremzow v Austria [10] では、欧州司法裁判所は殺人に対する不当判決に関して加盟国が一般原理を適用しなければならないかどうかということを決めなければならなかった。この裁判で原告は、自らに対する不当判決とその判決文が欧州連合域内で自由に移動する権利を侵害しているという理由で、この裁判は欧州連合の法令の適用対象となると主張した。これに対して欧州司法裁判所は、原告が有罪とする法令は欧州連合の法令への適合が確保されるように制定されていないため、原告の主張は欧州連合の法令の対象から外れているとした。, リスボン条約の署名に先立って行なわれた協議で、ポーランドとイギリスは自国に対する基本権憲章の適用に関する議定書を付属させた。また2009年10月にはこの議定書について、次の加盟条約の発効でチェコに対してもその対象とするように修正することで合意した[11]。, この議定書は2か条で構成されている。第1条第1項では、ポーランドとイギリスの国内における「法令、規則、行政規程」が憲章に整合しないということを両国の国内裁判所および欧州連合司法裁判所が判断することを除外している。まだ第1条第2項では、経済的および社会的権利についてうたっている憲章の第4編は司法判断適合性の権利を創出しないとしている。, これらの3か国が議定書を協議した理由は異なるものである。イギリスは憲章に法的拘束力を持たせると、市民が憲章で定める権利を主張しようと欧州司法裁判所に向かったり[12]、またそれにかかる訴訟費用が増大したりする[13]という結果を懸念して、憲章に法的拘束力を持たせるということに反対してきた。イギリスは断念された欧州憲法条約では憲章に法的拘束力を持たせることを許容していたが、リスボン条約での協議では憲章で欧州司法裁判所の権限がイギリスの国内法を超えることがないことを保障する議定書を求めた[14]。, 憲章が社会的な問題に関してリベラルな立場をとっているということに懸念を持っていたことから、2007年9月にポーランド政府はイギリスに対する議定書にポーランドもその対象にすることを望んだ[15]。また2009年末、欧州連合加盟国の首脳らはチェコ大統領ヴァーツラフ・クラウスにリスボン条約への署名を納得させようと、チェコも対象とするように議定書を修正することを約束した[11][16]。クラウスは以前から、憲章によって第二次世界大戦後にチェコ領から追放されたドイツ系民族が欧州連合司法裁判所に対して訴訟を提起するのではないかという懸念を表明していた。この問題の解決のためにリスボン条約で憲章の適用除外を求めていたのである[17]。クラウスが求めていた議定書は最終的に提示されたものと関連性がなかったにもかかわらず、クラウスはリスボン条約に署名した。なお問題となったベネシュ布告が欧州連合司法裁判所で訴訟として扱われる余地は皆無であった[18][19]。, 議定書がどのような効果を持つのかという点についてはさまざまな議論がかわされている。主張には議定書はポーランドやイギリスに対する憲章の適用を除外する[20]というものがある一方で、議定書は法的重要性を持たない、または限られているとする解釈的なものにすぎないという主張もある[21]。, 憲章は7編54か条で構成されている。このうち前6編は尊厳、自由、平等、連帯、市民権、司法という見出しとともに実体的権利をうたっている。また第7編は憲章の解釈と適用についてうたっている。憲章の大部分は人権と基本的自由の保護のための条約、欧州社会憲章、欧州司法裁判所の判例、既存の欧州連合の法令の規定を基礎として作られている。, 欧州連合は市民が自らの権利をより認識できるように憲章の注目度を上げようとしており、全ての欧州連合の言語で書かれた憲章のミニブックを出版するなどした。, また欧州基本権機関は、憲章を音楽、ダンス、マルチメディアなどを伴った80分にわたる叙事詩を募集した。この叙事詩は権利に対する認識を向上することや憲章をわかりやすくすることが狙いとなっている[22][23]。, Харта на основните права на Европейския съюз, Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la Unión Europea, Den Europæiske Unions charter om grundlæggende rettigheder, Charta der Grundrechte der Europäischen Union, Χάρτης των Θεμελιωδών Δικαιωμάτων της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Charte des droits fondamentaux de l'Union européenne, Cairt um Chearta Bunúsacha an Aontais Eorpaigh, Carte dei diritti fondamentali dell'Unione europea, Europos sąjungos pagrindinių teisių 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join UK in EU rights charter opt-out, I will not sign Lisbon Treaty, says Czech President, The Lisbon Treaty: ratification by the Czech Republic, The Beneš Decrees and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU in the United Kingdom and Poland According to the Lisbon Treaty, The Treaty of Lisbon and Fundamental Rights, Charter of Fundamental Rights to be re-written as 80-minute-long epic poem, Negotiated procedure - presentation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in Poems, Official Journal of the European Union 2010/C 83, https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=欧州連合基本権憲章&oldid=82845617, 第5編は欧州議会の選挙での投票や欧州連合域内における移動といった、欧州連合の市民の権利についてうたっている。また適正な行政を受ける権利、文書を閲覧する権利、欧州議会に. The Charter contains some 54 articles divided into seven titles. [17], There is considerable debate concerning the legal effect of the protocol. Le Parlement europØen, le Conseil et la Commission proclament solennellement en tant que Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union europØenne le texte repris ci-aprŁs. The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights has been incorporated into European constitutional law ten years after it was adopted by the EU institutions. Charter of Fundamental Rights in European Union Member States. Article 51(1) of the Charter addresses the Charter to the EU's institutions, bodies established under EU law and, when implementing EU laws, the EU's member states. Promoting and protecting human rights There are two main streams of human rights policy and action within the European Union. On the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1 December 2009, Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding proposed that Commissioners should swear to uphold all EU treaties and the Charter. Under the Charter, the European Union must act and legislate consistently with the Charter and the EU's courts will strike down legislation adopted by the EU's institutions that contravenes it. National Identity, Political Interest and Human Rights in Europe: The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Volume 32 Issue 2 Skip to main content Accessibility help We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. It says that the "Charter does not extend the ability" of the ECJ or other court to overturn UK or Polish law, but the ECJ already had the power to do this in any case. It became legally binding with the coming into force of the Fact Sheets on the European Union - 2017 3 CONTENT The Charter of Fundamental Rights is divided into seven titles, six of which are devoted to listing specific types of rights while the last clarifies the scope of application of the [31] When Croatia's Treaty of Accession 2011 was signed in late 2011, the Czech protocol amendment was not included. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union Publication metadata Download and languages Close Available languages and formats Download X … The Charter became legally binding when the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force on 1 Dec. 2009, as the Treaty confers on the Charter the same legal value as the Treaties. In the negotiations leading up to the signing to the Lisbon Treaty, Poland and the United Kingdom secured a protocol to the treaty relating to the application of the Charter of the Fundamental Rights in their respective countries. C-299/95 [1997] ECR I-2629, [1997] 3 CMLR 1289. [32], A vote on a draft report by the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee in January 2012 recommending against granting the Czech Republic's request to be added to Protocol 30 resulted in a tie. This entry about Charter on Fundamental Rights of the European Union has been published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) licence, which permits unrestricted use and reproduction, provided In October 2012, the committee approved the report,[34] and a third draft of the report was published on 11 December 2012. [33] The report argued that Protocol 30 was not functioning as a general opt-out from the Charter, but only allowed the countries to limit the application of subsequent EU laws based solely on the charter. The ECJ responded by saying that since the laws under which Kremzow had been convicted were not enacted to secure compliance with EU law, his predicament fell outside the scope of EU law. By virtue of this treaty, the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights became a binding primary source of EU law. Article 1(2) then says that the Title IV of the Charter, which contains economic and social rights, does not create justiciable rights, unless Poland and the UK have provided for such rights in their national laws. The Charter of Fundamental Rights, what it covers and how it relates to the European Convention on Human Rights. [30] However, the Czech Senate passed a resolution in October 2011 opposing their accession to the protocol. [8] However, it did come with the political weight of having been approved by three powerful institutions and as such was regularly cited by the ECJ as a source of fundamental rights. It is annexed to the treaties and is now applied by the European Union courts. Chartering Europe: the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union a working paper aimed at interpreting the Charter, by Agustín José Menéndez, senior researcher at ARENA European Women’s Lobby (EWL) - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU a position paper by the EWL praising the final draft of the Charter (November 2000). 1. Case 222/84 [1986] ECR 1651, [1986] 3 CMLR 240. One is to protect the fundamental human rights for EU citizens, and the other is to In 2010, the FRA put out a tender for poets to turn the Charter into an 80-minute-long epic poem, with music, dance and multimedia elements. The Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (Treaty of Rome) did not include any reference to fundamental or human rights. It contains 50 legally binding articles related to Disclaimer: This essay has been written by a law student and not by our expert law writers. [16] Poland, on the other hand, disliked what it perceived as the Charter's liberal stance on social issues, and so in September 2007 the Polish government indicated that they wished to be included in the British protocol. However, with the Senate controlled by the opposition parties, their objections to the opt-out could have led to the accession treaty being rejected. Having ruled in Johnston v Royal Ulster Constabulary[10] that a right to fair procedures was one of the general principles of EU law, in Kremzow v Austria[11] the ECJ had to decide whether or not a member state was obliged to apply that principle in relation to a wrongful conviction for murder. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (CFR) enshrines certain political, social, and economic rights for European Union (EU) citizens and residents into EU law. In 1964, the European Court of Justice handed down its decision in Costa v ENEL, in which the Court decided that Union law should take precedence over conflicting national law. In September 2011, the Czech government formally submitted a request to the Council that the promised treaty revisions be made to extend the protocol to the Czech Republic,[29] and a draft amendment to this effect was proposed by the European Council. It has also published mini-versions of the Charter in all EU languages. [6] On being constituted in December of that year the "body" entitled itself the European Convention.[7]. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union was proclaimed on 7 December 2000 and subsequently entered into force with the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009. [51][52] However, Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Justice, Freedom & Security, wrote to the director of the FRA slamming the idea on cost and dignity grounds and instructing him to cancel the project. One view, shared by Jan Jirásek,[18] is that the protocol is an opt-out that excludes the application of the Charter to Poland and the United Kingdom. The latter treaty had included rights provisions and Craig and de Búrca argue that, in light of that failure, the drafters of the EEC Treaty wished to eschew any implicitly political elements. However, its then legal status was uncertain and it did not have full legal effect[1] until the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009. However, its then legal status was uncertain and it did not have full legal effect until the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009. This paper seeks to determine what difference the ‘Charter of Fundamental Rights’ makes to the legal protection of fundamental rights of the European Union (EU) under the Treaty of Nice. 389-405) RELATED DOCUMENTS Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: 2015 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights ( COM(2016) 265 final , 18.5.2016) If you can improve it, please do.This article has been rated as Start-Class.This article is within the scope of WikiProject European Union, a collaborative effort to improve the … According to the findings of the 2010 Annual Report 3 citizens often misunderstand when the Charter does and does not apply. During the Czech Republic's parliamentary ratification of the accession treaty in the spring of 2012, the government attempted to combine the approval of the Charter opt-out with the ratification bill. Accordingly, the Protocol is "unlikely that it will have any significant effect in practice. The EEC Treaty was written a few years after the failure of the European Defence Community Treaty and the European Political Community Treaty. Much of Charter is based on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), European Social Charter, the case-law of the European Court of Justice and pre-existing provisions of European Union law. Furthermore, individuals will not be able to take a member state to court for failing to uphold the rights in the Charter unless the member state in question was implementing EU law. For example, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) has produced apps for iOS[49] and Android[50] with the text of the Charter in all EU languages and related information. The EU has attempted to raise the profile of the Charter so that citizens are more aware of their rights. All EU member states are, and candidate states are required to be, signatories to the Council of Europe's European Convention on Human Rights, so that many principles from the convention, such as the right to a fair trial, were taken as the baseline for European Court of Justice jurisprudence even before their formal reiteration in Charter. Fundamental rights in the EU legislative process, the role of the Fundamental Rights Agency, and annual reports on the application of the Charter. This meant that national governments could not escape what they had agreed to at a European level by enacting conflicting domestic measures, but it also potentially meant that the EEC legislator could legislate unhindered by the restrictions imposed by fundamental rights provisions enshrined in the constitutions of member states. In 1999 the European Council proposed that a "body composed of representatives of the Heads of State and Government and of the President of the Commission as well as of members of the European Parliament and national parliaments" should be formed to draft a fundamental rights charter. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union European Social Charter Human Rights Act 1998 for how the Convention has been incorporated into the law of the United Kingdom. [15] While the British accepted a legally binding rights charter during the negotiations of the failed European Constitution, they negotiated a protocol during the Lisbon negotiations which, according to the then British Minister for Europe, would ensure that the Charter would not extend the powers of the European Court of Justice over United Kingdom law. [38][39] This was confirmed on 20 February 2014 by the new Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, who withdrew the request for an opt-out during a meeting with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso[40][41][42][43] shortly after his newly elected government won the confidence of Parliament. Soon after the entry into force of the EEC Treaty, the Community established itself as a major political entity with policy ramifications beyond its economic aims. [12] However, the amended explanatory memorandum issued alongside the Charter in 2007 describes the wording used in the Charter as reflecting ECJ precedent. Following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty in 2009 the fundamental rights charter has the same legal value as the European Union treaties. For the first time, the Commissioners also explicitly pledged to respect the new Charter of Fundamental Rights.[9]. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union enshrines into primary EU law a wide array of fundamental rights enjoyed by EU citizens and residents. [44] In May 2014, the Council of the European Union formally withdrew their recommendation to hold an Intergovernmental Conference of member states to consider the proposed amendments to the treaties.[45][46][47][48]. Protocol (amend. It was at the same time, however, decided to defer making a decision on the Charter's legal status. Several states insisted upon an opt-out from national application of the charter (see below for details). Thus, the Czech Republic would still be bound by the Charter even if they were added to the Protocol. Doc. [2] However, the idea that the purely economic end of the new EEC Treaty would be unlikely to have any implications for fundamental rights was soon to be tested. Finally, in 2009 the Lisbon Treaty was entered into force, turning the Charter legally binding after nine years since its adoption: The Union recognises the rights, freedoms and. The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union: travaux préparatoires and selected documents (EUI 2020) Using the travaux: practical tips Nevertheless, busy practitioners may still be reluctant to dig into the travaux for fear of being buried alive: the Charter Convention’s travaux alone come to some 5 000 pages. Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union has been listed as a level-5 vital article in Society. History: EU Charter of Fundamental Rights The EU's charter of fundamental rights - five years on EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: read it before you vote on 23 June Social Rights in the European Union: The Possible Added Value 01CFREU-Preamble-crop.jpg 2,171 × 1,442; 456 KB It was drafted by the European Convention and solemnly proclaimed on 7 December 2000 by the European Parliament , the Council of Ministers and the European Commission . As a result, the government decided to separate the proposed opt-out from the accession treaty bill. This issue came to a head in 1970 in the Internationale Handelsgesellschaft case when a German court ruled that a piece of EEC legislation infringed the German Basic Law. In 2019, the German Federal Constitutional Court established in Recht auf Vergessen II that it applies the Charter as the standard of review for matters regarding EU law and its national implementation, under the premise that the Charter offers sufficiently effective protection of relevant fundamental rights when compared to the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.[13]. "[20], In NS v Home Secretary, the ECJ ruled that Article 1(1) of the protocol "explains Article 51 of the Charter with regard to the scope thereof and does not intend to exempt the Republic of Poland or the United Kingdom from the obligation to comply with the provisions of the Charter or to prevent a court of one of those Member States from ensuring compliance with those provisions. Poland and the UK wanted the protocol for different reasons. 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Why do we need the Charter? In that time the Charter developed from a ‘solemn proclamation’ to a persuasive Another, shared by Ingolf Pernice, is that the protocol is only an interpretive one which will either have limited or no legal consequence. However, both the version included in the Constitution and the one referenced in the Lisbon Treaty were amended versions of the Charter. Since 2009, fundamental rights have been elevated to treaty level, as the Treaty of Lisbon makes reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights. [35] The report was tabled in Parliament during its session on 22 May 2013,[30] and the Parliament voted in favour of calling on the European Council "not to examine the proposed amendment of the Treaties". [29][30][36] The Parliament did, however, give its consent in advance that a treaty revision to add the Czech Republic to Protocol 30 would not require a new convention. On 3 May 2010, the European Commission swore a solemn declaration at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, pledging to respect the EU Treaties and to be completely independent in carrying out their duties during their mandate. [37], In January 2014, after presidential and parliamentary elections the previous year had resulted in new leadership in the country, new Czech Human Rights Minister Jiří Dienstbier said that he would attempt to have his country's request for an opt-out withdrawn. "[21], Under section 5(4) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the Charter of Fundamental Rights was not retained in UK law after its exit from the EU.[22]. In addition both Article 6 of the amended Treaty of European Union and Article 51(2) of the Charter itself restrict the Charter from extending the competences of the EU. The Charter is not the first attempt to place human rights principles at the core of European Union law. European Union into a legally binding instrument 12. 欧州連合基本権憲章（おうしゅうれんごうきほんけんけんしょう）は、欧州連合の市民や域内の住民の政治的、社会的、経済的権利を法的に定める文書。2000年に起草、公布されたが、当初は法的拘束力を持つ文書ではなかった。しかしリスボン条約の発効により、欧州連合基本憲章は、他の欧州連合基本条約と同様に法的拘束力を持つこととなった 。 The FRA promotes the application of the Charter across the EU as a means The Convention adopted the draft on 2 October 2000 and it was solemnly proclaimed by the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission on 7 December 2000.