Monitoring Fundamental Rights in the EU: The Contribution of the Fundamental Rights Agency

✍ Scribed by Philip Alston, Olivier De Schutter

Publisher: Hart Publishing
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 289
Series: Essays in European Law
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Coherent laws enforced by a central authority are part of the reason why human rights protection works at the national level in Europe. But when it comes to the EU these dimensions are lacking. The present system for protecting fundamental rights emerged on an ad hoc basis. In the next couple of years, however, this situation is likely to change very significantly. The proposed European Constitution incorporates the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and a specialized EU Fundamental Rights Agency is likely to be established. As a result, the situation of the EU will more closely resemble that of its Member States. Fundamental rights will occupy a central role, and coherent and systematic arrangements will be in place to protect rights, using both judicial and non-judicial means. This volume is the first to critically examine the proposals put forward by the European Commission in October 2004 on the creation of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.

✦ Table of Contents

Preliminaries......Page 2
Contents......Page 6
Introduction: Addressing the Challenges Confronting the EU Fundamental Rights Agency......Page 8
1. New Modes of Governance and the Protection of Human Rights......Page 32
2. Mainstreaming Human Rights in the European Union......Page 44
3. The Relationship between the Agency and the Network of Independent Experts......Page 80
4. The Agency and National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights......Page 98
5. The Contribution of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to Civil and Political Rights......Page 118
6. The Contribution of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to Combating Discrimination and Promoting Equality......Page 138
7. The Contribution of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to the Realization of Economic and Social Rights......Page 166
8. The Contribution of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to the Realization of Workers Rights......Page 196
9. The Contribution of the Agency to the Implementation in the EU of International and European Human Rights Instruments......Page 236
10. The Contribution of the Agency to the External Policies of the European Union......Page 260
Index......Page 286

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