Full Description
In Europe, fundamental rights have come to be regulated by an increasing number of legal instruments, such as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, and international treaties. It is not always easy to understand what requirements are set in these different instruments and how they interrelate. This textbook therefore provides an integrated and systematic overview of the requirements imposed by international and European fundamental rights law. It discusses a range of both civil/political fundamental rights (eg freedom of expression) and social/economic rights (eg right to health), for each of which it is discussed how it is protected by the ECHR, by other Council of Europe instruments, by EU law, and by international treaty instruments. Each chapter is concluded with an integration section, which explains the relations between the different systems of fundamental rights protection and discuss differences, overlap and bottlenecks.
Contents
1. The right to equal treatment and the prohibition of discrimination Janneke Gerards; 2. Political rights: the rights to vote and to petition Hansko Broeksteeg; 3. The right to freedom of conscience, thought, belief and religion Janneke Gerards; 4. The right to freedom of expression and of information Janneke Gerards; 5. The right to freedom of association, assembly and demonstration Janneke Gerards and Hansko Broeksteeg; 6. The right to respect for private life and related rights Karin de Vries; 7. The right to protection of personal data Friederike van der Jagt; 8. The right to respect for family life and the right to marry Mariëlle Bruning; 9. The right to liberty and the principle of habeas corpus Jan Crijns; 10. Procedural rights Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel van Emmerik; 11. The right to life and the prohibition of the death penalty Janneke Gerards; 12. The prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment Jan Peter Loof; 13. The prohibition of slavery, servitude and forced labour Barend Barentsen; 14. The right to property Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel van Emmerik; 15. The right to education Janneke Gerards; 16. The right to freedom of movement and the right to leave the country Janneke Gerards; 17. The right to collective action Barend Barentsen; 18. The right to social assistance and social security Barend Barentsen; 19. The right to health Janneke Gerards; 20. The right to environmental protection and sustainable development Janneke Gerards; 21. The rights of vulnerable persons Aart Hendriks.
