WS 2022/23

European Union's accession to the ECHR

Prof. Dr Jörg Polakiewicz
Council of Europe, Strasbourg
e-mail [email protected] / twitter @jowicz

Overview

Introduction

The human rights acquis of the Council of Europe

The evolving framework of cooperation between the Council of Europe and the European Union: from the 1987 Arrangement to the 2007 Memorandum of Understanding

The EU Charter and its relationship to the ECHR

The negotiation process

The first part: 2010-2013

CJEU opinion 2/13 (18 December 2014)

The second part: 2020-today

The issues

Basket 1: EU-specific mechanisms of the procedure before the ECtHR

Basket 2: Operation of inter-party applications (Article 33 of the Convention) and of references for an advisory opinion (Protocol No. 16) in relation to EU member states

Basket 3: The principle of mutual trust between the EU member states

Basket 4: EU acts in the area of the Common Foreign and Security Policy

Institutional issues: participation of the EU in the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

The future: a coherent human rights protection system for Europe

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There is an official website where you can consult documents and articles, as well as the terms of references of "The CDDH ad hoc negotiation Group (“46+1”) on EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights":

More links to the Council of Europe on the internet:

Council of Europe Portal ; European Treaties