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Human Rights in the EU Course number: EUI-S3 Lecturer:

Human Rights in the EU Course number: EUI-S3 Lecturer:. Aims of the lecture. EU Human Rights Policy: Instruments and Developments Human Rights in the ECJ jurisprudence EU Charter of Fundamental Rights EU Human Rights Standards and Council of Europe

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Human Rights in the EU Course number: EUI-S3 Lecturer:

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  1. Human Rights in the EUCourse number: EUI-S3 Lecturer:

  2. Aims of the lecture • EU Human Rights Policy: Instruments and Developments • Human Rights in the ECJ jurisprudence • EU Charter of Fundamental Rights • EU Human Rights Standards and Council of Europe • External Dimension of the EU Human Rights Policy: Human Rights Clauses in EU’s International Treaties • Human Rights Clauses in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement

  3. HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION Lecturer: Oksana Holovko-Havrysheva

  4. EU Human Rights Policy: Instruments and Developments (I)

  5. EU Human Rights Policy: Instruments and Developments (II) EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy 2015-2019(https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/eu_action_plan_on_human_rights_and_democracy_en_2.pdf) The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights – www.eidhr.eu

  6. Human Rights in the ECJ jurisprudence Human dignity and integrity Right to privacy and family life and the rights of the child Data protection and access to documents Equality (sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality) Citizenship and free movement Right to be heard Right to an effective judicial protection Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

  7. Human Rights in the ECJ jurisprudence (II) CASE: (Omega C-36/02)

  8. EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (I) Binding for: • the EU institutions and bodies • Member states in the course of the implementation of the EU Law • In other cases is principle of human rights applied as common constitutional principle in the EU member states covers: • All rights , developed by the ECJ; • Rights and freedoms covered by the ECHR; • Rights and principles embedded in constitutional traditions of the EU member states and international documents • Fundamental Rights Agency (http://fra.europa.eu/en)

  9. EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (II) EU Pillar of Social Rights (2017, https://ec.europa.eu/commission/priorities/deeper-and-fairer-economic-and-monetary-union/european-pillar-social-rights/european-pillar-social-rights-20-principles_en) 10 Basic Principles for Consumer Protection in the European Union (https://www.ns.is/sites/default/files/10basicprinsciplesen.pdf)

  10. EU Human Rights Standards and Council of Europe (I) Art. 6 TEU

  11. EU Human Rights Standards and Council of Europe (II) Art. 52 EU Fundamental Rights Charter (compatibility clause): in so far as this charter contains rights which correspond to rights gua-ranteed by the Convention for the protection of Human rights and Fundamental freedoms, the meaning and scope of those rights shall be the same as those laid down by the said Convention. This provision shall not prevent Union law providing more extensive protection”. Art. 53 EU Fundamental Rights Charter (correspondence clause) “Nothing in this Charter shall be interpreted as restricting or adversely affecting human rights and fundamental freedoms are recognized, in their respective fields of applications, by Union law and international agreements to which the Union, the Community or all the Member States are party , including the European Convention for the protection of Human rights and Fundamental freedoms, and by the member States’ constitutions.

  12. External Dimension of the EU Human Rights Policy (I)

  13. External Dimension of the EU Human Rights Policy (II)

  14. Are there any other Human Rights Clauses in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?

  15. Human Rights Clauses in the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement Which challenges do we face while implementing human rights clauses of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement?

  16. THANK YOU! Contacts: oksana.holovko.havrysheva.fellow@gmail.com

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