Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Recommendation 1439 (2000)

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

Assembly debate on 25 January 2000 (3rd Sitting) (see Doc. 8611, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Magnusson); Doc. 8615, opinion of the Political Affairs Committee (rapporteur: Mr Clerfayt); and Doc. 8627, opinion of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, rapporteur: Mr Evin). Text adopted by theAssembly on 25 January 2000 (3rd Sitting).

Thesaurus

The Assembly, having regard to its Resolution 1210 (2000) on the European Union charter of fundamental rights, in which it invites the European Union:

1 to incorporate the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights and its protocols into the charter of fundamental rights and to do its utmost to safeguard the consistency of the protection of human rights in Europe and to avoid diverging interpretations of those rights;

2 to pronounce itself in favour of accession to the European Convention on Human Rights of the Council of Europe and make the necessary amendments to the Community treaties;

3 to make sure that when referring to social rights the revised European Social Charter of the Council of Europe will be taken into account,

recommends that the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe pronounce itself in favour of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights and prepare the appropriate amendments to be made to this treaty.