HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK IN THE EU Sample Clauses

HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK IN THE EU. The legal basis of the human rights framework in the EU is enshrined in Article 6 TEU which embodies the rights, freedoms and principles set out in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).221 The ECHR was drafted in 1950 in Rome and entered into force in 1953, namely after the proclamation of the UDHR and the World War II. The ECHR is a multilateral international agreement concluded in the Council of Europe hence, all the members of the Council of Europe are Contracting Parties.222 The ECHR established and enforced by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) alias Strasbourg Court. 219 Article 33, 1951 Geneva Convention on the Refugees 220 Advisory Opinion On The Extraterritorial Application Of Non-Refoulement Obligations Under The 1951 Convention Relating To The Status Of Refugees And Its 1967 Protocol (21): "The Prohibition Of Torture Is Also Part Of Customary International Law, Which Has Attained The Rank Of A Peremptory Norm Of International Law, Or Jus Cogens. It Includes, As A Fundamental And Inherent Component, The Prohibition Of Refoulement To A Risk Of Torture, And Thus Imposes An Absolute Ban On Any Form Of Forcible Return To A Danger Of Torture Which Is Binding On All States, Including Those Which Have Not Become Party To The Relevant Instruments. ", UNHCR, Retrieved From: Xxxxx://Xxx.Xxxxx.Xxx/4d9486929.Pdf (last accessed on 22 July 2019) 221 Article 6 TEU. 222 Opinion 2/13, ECJ Press Release No.180/14, Luxembourg, 18 December 2014, available at: xxxxx://xxxxx.xxxxxx.xx/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-12/cp140180en.pdf (last accessed on 24 July 2019) Before the legal personality of the EU was granted in Lisbon Treaty, only the Member States were subject to the Convention’s provisions and implementation of the necessary measures within its conformity. The importance of the EU’s accession to ECHR along with the judicial review in its scope demonstrated in the judgment of the case Bosporus v Ireland by the ECtHR in order to make the control mechanism of the Convention complete.223 Withstanding the basis of EU’s legal personality after the Lisbon Treaty, the ECHR has become binding upon the EU institutions and on its Member States forming an integral part of EU Law just as any other international agreement concluded by the EU. The EU and its institutions became subject to the decisions and judgments of the ECtHR and the control mechanisms provided by...
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