Convention Chronology

• Author: Coghlan, Niall; Steiert, Marc
• Pages: 29-30

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Convention Chronology

A quick guide to the Chronology of the Convention

The following chronology provides the reader with an overview on the Convention

as a process that led to the adoption of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the

European Union. It seeks to chronologically distinguish the various steps in the drafting

process and, most importantly, to link the debates in the Convention to the different

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documents contained in this collection into their context. The chronology further helps

trace the decision-making on the content of the Charter as a process that emerged

through the Convention’s plenary itself, but also through the meetings of the various

delegations.

To help the reader gain a quick grasp of the essential documents, three shorter

chronologies are also provided focused exclusively on the drafts, Convention and

Praesidium meetings. They follow the same format as the main chronology, outlined

here below.

To ease the reading of the chronology, the following will provide a short guide:

• Praesidium meeting (Brackets: other events):

This column provides an overview of the dates of the meetings of the

Praesidium. Many drafts evolved after these meetings as the Praesidium

decided upon the drafts. If the date is in (brackets), it indicates another

important event on the Charter’s drafting, such as for instance the European

Parliament’s Resolution on the Charter of 16 March 2000.

Further, Praesidium meetings are emphasised by an orange background of

the relevant row.

• Full Convention meeting (‘Convention’):

This column indicates the dates of the meetings of the Convention. The

column indicates whether the Convention was to meet as ‘plenary’ or as

‘Working Group (WG)’. Slight procedural differences among these working

arrangements exist (e.g. on the right to speak of alternates), however, the

Convention always met with all (available) delegates present.

Further, Convention meetings are emphasised by a blue background of

the row.

CONVENTION CHRONOLOGY