The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The travaux préparatoires and selected documents
- Publisher:
- European Union Publications Office
- Publication date:
- 2021-01-07
- Authors:
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Niall Coghlan
Marc Steiert - ISBN:
- 978-92-9084-933-9
Description:
Twenty years after its proclamation and eleven years after it gained legal force, this collection brings together for the first time the complete travaux préparatoires of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. The core collection consists of the roughly 5,000 pages of travaux préparatoires from the Convention that drafted the Charter between 1999 and 2000. In addition, it includes some of the key documents forming the roots of the Charter (such as the 1989 European Parliament Declaration) and those showing how its text and primary law framing evolved between 2003 and 2014 (notably in the 2002-3 Future of Europe Convention and 2004 and 2007 Inter- Governmental Conferences which amended the Charter and gave it legal effect). Further, it includes an analytical introduction and full Convention chronology to assist the reader in navigating the material. This compilation will prove a valuable source for scholars and practitioners alike, and ultimately aims to spark a fresh wave of interest in the drafting of the EU’s core rights text.
The Final Versions of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
- The First Version: the 2000 Charter of Fundamental Rights
- The Second Version: the 2004 Charter of Fundamental Rights and Explanations, and Extracts from the Constitutional Treaty
- The Version in Force: the 2007 Charter of Fundamental Rights and Explanations, and Extracts from the Treaties (Lisbon consolidated version)
Key Pre-Charter Convention Documents
- The First Path - Institutional Resolutions, Calls and Drafts in relation to a Charter of Rights
- The Second Path - Accession to the European Convention on Human Rights
- The Judicial Origins of the Charter of Fundamental Rights
- Fundamental Rights in the Treaties, from the Single European Act to Amsterdam (1986 - 1997)
- Annex
The Charter Convention travaux préparatoires
Miscellaneous Documents – Member Lists, Agendas and Work Plans, and European Parliament Delegation Documents