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The Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union by Administrative Courts in France and in the Czech Republic: Comparative Analysis
Mádr, Petr ; Král, Richard (advisor) ; de la Rosa, Stéphan (referee) ; Sehnálek, David (referee)
Title and Abstract: The Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union by Administrative Courts in France and in the Czech Republic: Comparative Analysis This thesis contributes to filling the gap in empirical research on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights by ordinary national courts, choosing Czech and French administrative courts as its focus. It builds on and goes beyond the existing literature by developing a coherent narrative centred around three key themes in the decision-making of Czech and French administrative courts: the Charter's applicability, its role in the reasoning and its interactions with other legal rules, such as EU secondary legislation, the ECHR and national constitutions. The primary aim is to gather data on when and how these courts give effect to the Charter in their decision-making and to evaluate this data from the three perspectives mentioned. The evaluation is made from two complementary angles. First, and unsurprisingly, it will concern itself with the extent to which national courts comply with the obligations imposed on them by the Charter and EU law. Secondly, and more originally, it will identify patterns in the Charter's treatment by national courts and offer explanations for such patterns. More specifically, it will propose a...
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The accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights
Del Maschio, Kristýna ; Hofmannová, Mahulena (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe the fundamental issues related to the future accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and to provide an overall understanding of the issue. To fulfil this objective, the first part of the thesis deals with the current situation in the european human rights protection system. It introduces the protection system of the Council of Europe as well as the system of protection provided by the European Union. This part aims to describe relationships between them and also gives the overview of the development of the question of accession and of the main features defining the autonomy of the European Union law. The second part then turns the attention to the legal instruments which make it possible European Union to accede. This part provides an analysis of the Accession agreement on the accession of the European Union to the Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which contains legal, institutional and technical solutions of the European Union's incorporation into the Convention system. This analysis serves as a basis for the next part of the thesis, which focuses on the recent Opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union 2/13. In this opinion Court found...
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The accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights
Del Maschio, Kristýna ; Hofmannová, Mahulena (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe the fundamental issues related to the future accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and to provide an overall understanding of the issue. To fulfil this objective, the first part of the thesis deals with the current situation in the european human rights protection system. It introduces the protection system of the Council of Europe as well as the system of protection provided by the European Union. This part aims to describe relationships between them and also gives the overview of the development of the question of accession and of the main features defining the autonomy of the European Union law. The second part then turns the attention to the legal instruments which make it possible European Union to accede. This part provides an analysis of the Accession agreement on the accession of the European Union to the Convention for Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which contains legal, institutional and technical solutions of the European Union's incorporation into the Convention system. This analysis serves as a basis for the next part of the thesis, which focuses on the recent Opinion of the Court of Justice of the European Union 2/13. In this opinion Court found...
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Freedom of artistic work and freedom of expression within the context of the European protection of human rights
Sýkorová, Eliška ; Scheu, Harald Christian (advisor) ; Ondřejek, Pavel (referee)
The purpose of the thesis is to analyze the concept of the freedom of artistic creation and expression in the European Union law, in particular its recognition in primary law, above all in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Charter), and in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Considering that interpretation of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the EU law is greatly based on constitutional traditions of EU member states and on the approach to these rights established within the Council of Europe, this thesis also deals with the conception of the freedom of artistic expression in constitutions of EU member states and in the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR), as interpreted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). While relevant case law of the CJEU is only fragmentary, it refers systematically to the extensive case law of the ECtHR, which provides comprehensive theory of the freedom of artistic expression in Europe and provides for studying the evolution of the conception in time. The core method of research used in this thesis is the analysis of different sources of primary and secondary EU law, national law and case law; the thesis refers namely to the case law of the CJEU and...
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The Status of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and its Application by Member States
Kábrtová, Adéla ; Scheu, Harald Christian (advisor) ; Král, Richard (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the status of the EU Charter in the system of EU law and its application by Member States. EU fundamental rights in the EU can be perceived as controversial, because they can be regarded as a means of control of Union institutions, but also as a way of expansion of EU competences. In this context I will explore the EU Charter. The thesis is composed of 5 Chapters. In the First Chapter I will explain why human rights protection was not included in the Founding Treaties; furthermore I will elaborate on the case law of the Court which gave rise to EU fundamental rights as general principles of EU law. I will also explain why human rights are a sensitive issue between the EU and Member States. Chapter Two examines the development, content and the legal effects of the EU Charter. It also explores the parallel regime of the EU Charter and EU fundamental rights as general principles after the Treaty of Lisbon. Chapter Three is the core of this thesis. It explains the scope of application of the EU Charter by Member States. Based on the case law of the Court of Justice it will be shown that Member States are bound by EU fundamental rights when they act in the scope of EU law, which comprises of implementation of EU law, but also of derogation from EU law. It will be shown...
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