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2010 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Document number
2768
Date
2011
Title
2010 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Author/publisher
European Commission, EU
Availability
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Document type(s)
Meeting Documentation/Conference Reports,
Keywords
Prevention, Awareness Raising, Media, Information Campaigns, Empowerment, Advocacy, Civil society, NGO, Human Rights approach, Activism, Education, Training;
Summary
The Charter is not just a text setting out abstract principles. It needs to be put into practice whenever the EU institutions and bodies take action or EU law is otherwise implemented, so that people can eff ectively enjoy their fundamental rights. That is why the European Commission, in 2010, adopted a Strategy on the eff ective implementation of the Charter3. The objective is that the Union sets an example. The Charter must be respected at each stage of law-making in the EU - from the day the European Commission starts preparing its proposals, throughout their amendments in the legislative process and up to the day they enter into force once adopted by the European Parliament and by the Council, and to their implementation by Member States.
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