Fundamental Social Rights In The European Union

Presents extracts from the the Constitutions of the EU member states and candidate countries.

The first book to examine the creation and function of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency.

First published in 1999, this volume examines how the challenge of defining and developing an effective structure of fundamental social rights for workers has long been a focus for debate at European level. Even before the emergence of the 1989 Charter of Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, proposals were being made to incorporate 'fundamental rights' provisions into the Treaties establishing the European Communities. Consequently, when a distinguished Comité des Sages produced its 1996 report For a Europe of Civic and Social Rights, the stage was set for intensive debate as to the way forward.

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union includes,in addition to the traditional 'civil and political rights', a large number of rights of an economic or social nature. This collection of essays by leading scholars in this field considers the significance of the inclusion of such rights within the EU Charter, in terms of protection of individual and collective social and economic interests within and between the EU and its Member States. What differences might it make to EU law and policy (both in terms of its substance, and in terms of the processes by which it is formed), that certain economic and social rights are proclaimed in the EU Charter?

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is the most developed and comprehensive legally binding human rights instrument in the social field of the European Union. It is becoming increasingly important and is the first instrument that includes both civil and political rights on one hand and social rights on the other. Despite this, the Court of Justice of the European Union has only rarely dealt with fundamental social rights. In this context, employment rights need to be examined in this new rights framework. Following on from previous volumes setting out links between European labour law and fundamental social rights (as enshrined in relevant UN, ILO and Council of Europe instruments), in this book the ETUI Transnational Trade Union Rights (TTUR) Expert Network examines the justiciability of social rights and critically analyses the effectiveness of those rights embodied in the EU Charter. Thus, this book completes the trilogy of ETUI TTUR books on fundamental social rights at European level following the publication, also by Hart Publishing, of The European Convention of Human Rights and the Employment Relation (2013) and The European Social Charter and the Employment Relation (2017).

At a 1996 Colloquium in Amsterdam, representatives of trade unions, UNICE, governments, The European Community Council and Commission, The European Parliament, Permanent Representatives To The European Union (EU) And The Economic and Social Committee discussed the comments and analyses of a number of renowned legal experts on Protection of Fundamental Rights in the EU. The Protection of Fundamental Rights in the European Union presents this expert discourse. The work covers: the aims and objectives of fundamental social rights protection in the EU; the categories of rights to be included; and the method of incorporation of social rights into the legal order of the EU. Its varied format includes a basic discussion paper; comments by legal experts; conclusions; and a number of documents essential For The discussion of social rights issues, including the recent report by the ComitAuml; des Sages on the inclusion of social and civic ri EU's legal order. The total effect of this work is comprehensive coverage of the legal aspects of incorporating fundamental social rights into the legal order of the EU in the context of growing political concern with this issue.

This is a concise and accessible introduction to fundamental rights in Europe from the perspectives of history, theory and an analysis of European jurisprudence. Key features include: • A combination of historical and philosophical approaches with analysis of significant legal cases • A multidisciplinary outlook, in contrast to the strict legal approach of most textbooks on the subject • A European perspective which refers throughout to central European values such as freedom, equality, solidarity and dignity