Human Rights in the Council of Europe and the European Union

Achievements, Trends and Challenges

Steven Greer, Janneke Gerards, Rose Slowe

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2018
• ISBN:
  9781108647458
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

Confusion about the differences between the Council of Europe (the parent body of the European Court of Human Rights) and the European Union is commonplace amongst the general public. It even affects some lawyers, jurists, social scientists and students. This book will enable the reader to distinguish clearly between those human rights norms which originate in the Council of Europe and those which derive from the EU, vital for anyone interested in human rights in Europe and in the UK as it prepares to leave the EU. The main achievements of relevant institutions include securing minimum standards across the continent as they deal with increasing expansion, complexity, multidimensionality, and interpenetration of their human rights activities. The authors also identify the central challenges, particularly for the UK in the post-Brexit era, where the components of each system need to be carefully distinguished and disentangled.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title
• Series information
• Title page
• Copyright information
• Dedication
• Table of contents
• Series Editors’ Preface
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Table of Cases
• 1 Historical and Conceptual Background
• 2 The Council of Europe
• 3 The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights
• 4 The European Union
• 5 The Fundamental Rights Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice
• 6 Summary and Conclusion
• Appendix A European Convention on Human Rights
• Appendix B Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
• Bibliography
• Index