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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionOpens in a new window

Explanatory Memorandum to the Charter of Fundamental RightsOpens in a new window

Selection of Treaties and Protocols provisionsOpens in a new window

Directive (EU) 2016/1919 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on legal aid for suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings and for requested persons in European arrest warrant proceedingsOpens in a new window

Directive (EU) 2016/343 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on the strengthening of certain aspects of the presumption of innocence and of the right to be present at the trial in criminal proceedingsOpens in a new window

Directive 2013/48/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings and in European arrest warrant proceedings, and on the right to have a third party informed upon deprivation of liberty and to communicate with third persons and with consular authorities while deprived of libertyOpens in a new window

Directive 2013/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protectionOpens in a new window

Directive 2012/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 on the right to information in criminal proceedingsOpens in a new window

Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection, for a uniform status for refugees or for persons eligible for subsidiary protection, and for the content of the protection grantedOpens in a new window

Directive 2010/64/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedingsOpens in a new window

Council Directive 2004/80/EC of 29 April 2004 relating to compensation to crime victimsOpens in a new window

Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68Opens in a new window

Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation

European Convention on Human RightsOpens in a new window

Protocol 14Opens in a new window

European Social Charter

Case C-391/23, Braila Winds, 16 October 2025

Joined Cases C-422/23, C-455/23, C-459/23, C-486/23 and C-493/23, Kleczwiski, 1 August 2025

Joined Cases C-554/21, C-622/21 and C-727/21, Hann-Invest, 11 July 2024

CJEU, Fact Sheet, Field of application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European UnionOpens in a new window

Case C-83/20, BPC Lux 2, 5 May 2022

Case C-623/17 (Grand Chamber) Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Others, 6 October 2020Opens in a new window

Joined Cases C-609/17 and C-610/17, TSN, 19 November 2019

Joined Cases C-585/18, C-624/18 and C-625/18, DO, CP, A. K., 19 November 2019

Case C-493/17 (Grand Chamber) Weiss and Others, December 2018Opens in a new window

Joined Cases C-569/16 and C-570/16 (Grand Chamber), Wilmeroth, 6 November 2018

Case C-416/17 European Commission v French Republic, 4 October 2018Opens in a new window

Case C-414/16 (Grand Chamber), Egenberger, 17 April 2018

Case C-682/15 (Grand Chamber), Berlioz Investment Fund, 16 May 2017

Joined Cases C-8/15 to C-10/15 (Grand Chamber), Ledra Advertising v Commission and ECB, 20 September 2016

Case T-817/14, Zoofachhandel Züpke GmbH and Others v European Commission, 17 March 2016Opens in a new window

Case T-138/14, Chart v EEAS, 16 December 2015Opens in a new window

Joined Cases C-446/12 – 449/12, Willems and Others, 16 April 2015Opens in a new window

Case C-483/12, Pelckmans Turnhout, 8 May 2014Opens in a new window

Case C-390/12, Pfleger and Others, 30 April 2014Opens in a new window

Case C-206/13, Siragusa, 6 March 2014Opens in a new window

Case C‑176/12, Association de médiation sociale v Union locale des syndicats CGT, Hichem Laboubi, Union départementale CGT des Bouches-du-Rhône, Confédération générale du travail (CGT), 15 January 2014Opens in a new window

Case T 383/11, Eyad Makhlouf v Council of the European Union, 13 September 2013Opens in a new window

Opinion of Advocate General, Case C-176/12, Association de médiation sociale contre Union locale des syndicats CGT and Others,18 July 2013Opens in a new window

Case C‑617/10, Åklagaren v Hans Åkerberg Fransson, 26 February 2013Opens in a new window

Case C-399/11, Stefano Melloni v Ministerio Fiscal, 26 February 2013Opens in a new window

Opinion of Advocate General, Case C-399/11, Melloni, 2 October 2012Opens in a new window

Case C-40/11, Yoshikazu Iida v Stadt Ulm, 8 November 2012Opens in a new window

Case C-27/11, Vinkov v Nachalnik Administrativno-nakazatelna deynost, 7 June 2012Opens in a new window

Joined Cases C 411/10 and C 493/10, N. S. (C‑411/10) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and M. E. (C‑493/10), A. S. M., M. T., K. P., E. H. v Refugee Applications Commissioner, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 21 December 2011Opens in a new window

Case C-482/10, Teresa Cicala v Regione Siciliana, 21 December 2011Opens in a new window

Opinion of Advocate General, Case C-282/10, Case C-282/10, Dominguez v Centre informatique du Centre Ouest Atlantique, Préfet de la région Centre, 8 September 2011Opens in a new window

Case C-555/07, Kücükdeveci, 19 January 2010Opens in a new window

Case T-51/89 Tetra Pak Rausing SA v Commission of the European Communities, 10 July 1990

Case C-225/22, AW “T”, 4 September 2025

Joined Cases C-313/23, C-316-23 and C-332/23, Inspektorat kam Visshia sadeben savet, 30 April 2025

Joined Cases C-374/23 and C- 146/23, Sąd Rejonowy w Białymstoku/ Adoreikė, 25 February 2025

Case C-369/23, Vivacom Bulgaria, 19 December 2024

Joined Cases C-554/21, C-622/21 and C-727/21, Hann-Invest, 11 July 2024

C-132/20 (Grand Chamber), Getin Noble Bank, 29 March 2022

Joined Cases C-562/21 and C-564/21 (Grand Chamber), Openbaar Minis-terie, 22 February 2022

Case C-791/19 (Grand Chamber), Commission v Poland, 15 July 2021

Országos Idegenrendeszeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság (Grand Chamber), C-924/19 PPU, 14 May 2020Opens in a new window

Case C-791/19 R (Order) Commission v Poland, 8 April 2020Opens in a new window (No English version available)

A. K. and Others v Sąd Najwyższy (Grand Chamber), Joined Cases C-585/18, C-624/18 and C-282, 19 November 2019Opens in a new window

Commission v. Poland (Grand Chamber), C‑192/18, 5 November 2019Opens in a new window

Commission v. Poland (Grand Chamber), C-619/18, 24 June 2019Opens in a new window

Case C-216/18 PPU (Grand Chamber) LM, 25 July 2018Opens in a new window

Associação Sindical dos Juízes Portugueses v Tribunal de Contas (Grand Chamber), C-64/16, 27 February 2018Opens in a new window

Case C 555/13 (Order) Merck Canada Inc. v Accord Healthcare Ltd and Others, 13 February 2014Opens in a new window

Case C 371/13 (Order) SC Schuster & Co Ecologic, 7 November 2013Opens in a new window (No English version available)

Case C 394/11 Valeri Hariev Belov v CHEZ Elektro Balgaria AD and Others, 31 January 2013Opens in a new window

Case C 363/11 Epitropos tou Elegktikou Synedriou, 19 December 2012Opens in a new window

Joined cases C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P and C-94/01 P Chronopost v Ufex and Others, 3 July 2003

Case C-892/24, Opinion of Advocate General Kokott, Commission v Hungary, 12 February 2026

Joined Cases C-422/23, C-455/23, C-486/23 and C-493/23, Daka, 1 August 2025 (pending)

Case C-767/23, Opinion of Advocate General Ćapeta, Remling, 26 June 2025

Joined Cases C 245/19 and C 246/19, État luxembourgeois (Droit de re-cours contre une demande d’information en matière fiscale), 6 October 2020

Case C-752/18 Deutsche Umwelthilfe, 19 December 2019Opens in a new window

Haqbin (Grand Chamber), C-233/18, 12 November 2019Opens in a new window

Case C-192/18 (Grand Chamber), Commission v Poland, 5 November 2019

Torubarov (Grand Chamber), C-556/17, 29 July 2019Opens in a new window

Case C-414/16 (Grand Chamber) Egenberger, 17 April 2018Opens in a new window

Case C-685/15 Online Games and Others, 14 June 2017Opens in a new window

Case T-340/14, Klyuyev v Council of the European Union, 15 September 2016Opens in a new window

Meroni, C-559/14, 25 May 2016Opens in a new window

Tall, C-239/14, 17 December 2015Opens in a new window

Olainfarm, C-104/13, 23 October 2014Opens in a new window

Abdida, (Grand Chamber), C-562/13, 18 December 2014Opens in a new window

Sánchez Morcillo and Abril García, C-539/14, 17 July 2014

Case C-320/24, Soledil, 18 December 2025

Case C-253/23 (Grand Chamber), ASG 2, 28 January 2025

Case C-182/24, SACD and Others, 18 December 2025

Case C-510/24, Profil-Copy 2002, 16 October 2025

Joined Cases C-636/23 and C-637/23, Al Hoceima, 1 August 2025

Joined Cases C-758/24 and C-759/24 (Grand Chamber), Alace, 1 August 2025

Case 600/23 (Grand Chamber), Seraing, 1 August 2025

Joined Cases C-924/19 PPU and C-925/19 PPU (Grand Chamber) Országos Idegenrendeszeti Főigazgatóság Dél-alföldi Regionális Igazgatóság, 14 May 2020Opens in a new window

Case C-310/16 Dzivev and Other, 17 January 2019Opens in a new window

Case C-612/15 (Grand Chamber) Kolev and Others, 5 June 2018Opens in a new window

El Hassani, C-403/16, 13 December 2017Opens in a new window

Case C-42/17 (Grand Chamber) M.A.S. and M.B., 5 December 2017Opens in a new window

Case-177/17 (Order) Demarchi Gino S.a.s. v Ministero della Giustizia, 7 September 2017Opens in a new window

Biuro podróży Partner, C-119/15, 21 December 2016Opens in a new window

Printeos and Others v Commission, T-95/15, 13 December 2016Opens in a new window

Case C-441/14, DI (Grand Chamber), 19 April 2016Opens in a new window

Schrems, (Grand Chamber), C-362/14, 6 October 2015Opens in a new window

Case C 238/12 P FLSmidth v Commission, 30 April 2014Opens in a new window

Case C 583/11 P (Grand Chamber) Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Others v Parliament and Council, 3 October 2013Opens in a new window

Case C 278/13 P (Order) Commission v Pilkington Group, 10 September 2013Opens in a new window

Case C-432/05 (Grand Chamber) Unibet, 13 March 2007

Case C-298/16, Ispas, 9 November 2017

Opinion of Advocate general in Case C-298/16 Ispas, 9 November 2017Opens in a new window

Lesoochranárske zoskupenie VLK, C-243/15, 8 November 2016Opens in a new window

Melloni, C 399/11, 26 February 2013

Case C-129/19 (Grand Chamber) Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri v BV, 16 July 2020Opens in a new window

Opinion of Advocate General in Case C-129/19 (Grand Chamber) Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri v BV, 16 July 2020Opens in a new window

Case C-659/18 VW, 12 March 2020Opens in a new window

Case C-467/18 Rayonna prokuratura Lom, 19 September 2019Opens in a new window

Case C-38/18 Gambino and Hyka, 29 July 2019Opens in a new window

Case C-417/23, Slagelse Almennyttige Boligselskab, Afdeling Schacken-borgvænge (Grand Chamber), 18 December 2025

Case C-243/19, Veselības ministrija, 29 October 2020

Case C-507/18, Associazione Avvocatura per i diritti LGBT (Grand Chamber), 23 April 2020

Case C-634/18, Prokuratura Rejonowa w Słupsku, 11 June 2020

Case C 414/16, Egenberger, 17 April 2018

Case C-190/16, Fries, 5 July 2017

Case C-83/14, CHEZ (Grand Chamber), 16 July 2015

Case C 528/13, Léger, 29 April 2015

Case C-236/09, Association Belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats and Others, 1 March 2011

Case C-555/07, Kücükdeveci, 19 January 2010

Case C-144/04, Mangold, 22 November 2005

Panju v. Belgium (no. 2), application no. 49072/21, 2023

Titan Total Group S.R.L. v. Republic of Moldova, application no. 61458/08, 2021

Galea and Pavia v. Malta, applications nos. 77209/16 and 77225/16, 2020

Marshall and Others v. Malta, application no. 79177/16, 2020

Januškevičienė v. Lithuania, application no. 69717/14, 2019

Pirozzi v. Belgium, no. 21055/11, 17 April 2018Opens in a new window

Avotiņš v. Latvia, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 17502/07, 23 May 2016Opens in a new window

Furman v Slovenia and Austria, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 16608/09, 5 February 2015Opens in a new window

Hoholm v Slovakia, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 35632/13, 13 January 2015Opens in a new window

Tarakhel v Switzerland, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 29217/124, 4 November 2014Opens in a new window

Dhahbi v Italy, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 17120/09, 8 April 2014Opens in a new window

Michaud v France, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 12323/11, 6 December 2012Opens in a new window

M.S.S. v Belgium and Greece, ECHR Judgment, Appl. No. 30696/09, 21 January 2011Opens in a new window

Kokkelvisserij U.A. v The Netherlands, ECHR Decision, Appl. No. 13645/05, 20 January 2009Opens in a new window

Connolly v 15 EU MS, ECHR Decision, 9 December 2008, Appl. No. 73274/01Opens in a new window (only in French)

Bosphorus Hava YollariI Turizm ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi v. Ireland, ECHR Judgment, Appl. 45036/98, 30 June 2005Opens in a new window

Kress v France, no. 39594/98, 7 June 2001Opens in a new window

M & Co. v Federal Republic of Germany, Decision of the European Commission of Human Rights, Appl. No. 13258/87, 9 February 1990Opens in a new window

Hauschildt v. Denmark, ECtHR Judgment, Application no. 10486/83, 24 May 1989Opens in a new window

De Cubber v. Belgium, ECtHR Judgment, Application no. 9186/80, 26 October 1984Opens in a new window

Piersack v. Belgium, ECtHR Judgment, Application no. 8692/79, 1 October 1982Opens in a new window

Ilareva and Others v. Bulgaria, application no. 24729/17, 2025

B.A. v. Iceland, application no. 17006/20, 2025

Basu v. Germany, application no. 215/19, 2022

Cegolea v. Romania, application no. 22560/20, 2020

Eweida v. UK, application no. 48420/10, 2013

Sejdić and Finci v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, applications nos. 27996/06 and 34836/06, 2009

Cakir v. Belgium, application no. 44256/06, 2009

Opuz v. Turkey, application no. 33401/02, 2009

EB v. France, application no. 43546/02, 2008

D.H. and others v. Czech Republic, application no. 57325/00, 2007

Van Raalte v. Netherlands, application no. 20060/92, 1997

Biliński v. Poland, no. 13278/20, 15/01/26
Judgment

Ferrieri and Bonassisa v. Italy, nos. 40607/19 and 34583/20, 08/01/26
Judgment

Gondert v. Germany, no. 34701/21, 16/12/25
Judgment

H.M. v. Sweden (dec.), no. 10859/24, 09/12/25
Decision

De Simone v. Germany (dec.), no. 21853/23, 02/12/25
Decision

Europa Way S.r.l. v. Italy, no. 64356/19, 27/11/25
Judgment

Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway, no. 34068/21, 28/10/25
Judgment | Legal Summary

M.S.L., TOV v. Ukraine, no. 18049/18, 16/10/25
Judgment | Legal Summary

Annual reports on the application of the Charter

Factsheet ECtHR: Case law concerning the EUOpens in a new window

Factsheet ECtHR: Case law concerning the EU, May 2016Opens in a new window

Factsheet ECtHR: Case law concerning the EU, November 2014Opens in a new window

Draft Accession Agreement of the EU to the ECHR, June 2013Opens in a new window

Report to the Committee of Ministers on the elaboration of legal instruments for the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights, including a draft Agreement on the Accession and a draft Explanatory report, October 2011

How is the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights used at national level?, Fundamental Rights Agency, February 2016Opens in a new window

Reflets Édition spéciale Charte des droits fondamentaux de l’Union européenne, No 1/2013: Informations rapides sur les développements juridiques présentant un intérêt pour l’Union européenneOpens in a new window (available only in French)

The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Report, Flash Eurobarometer 340, April 2012Opens in a new window

European Parliament Resolution: Fundamental rights in the European Union (2009) – effective implementation after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, December 2010Opens in a new window

The importance of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights for European legislative practice, September 2010

DG Justice oft he European CommissionOpens in a new window

The Fundamental Rights Agency: CharterpediaOpens in a new window

EUR-Lex Human RightsOpens in a new window

The European Parliament providing information on the CharterOpens in a new window

Council of EuropeOpens in a new window

FRA Fundamental Rights Report 2020Opens in a new window

ECtHR case law research reports with respect to Art. 6 ECHROpens in a new window

FRA Fundamental Rights Report, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and its use by Member States, 2016Opens in a new window

Handbook on the Techniques of Judicial Interactions in the Application of the EU Charter – GENERAL MODULES, October 2016Opens in a new window

The Fundamental Rights Agency: Charter 4 mobileOpens in a new window

The Fundamental Rights Agency: Charterpedia

Last updated in February 2026