The EU Accession to the Echr

Book Overview

Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) provides that the EU will accede to the system of human rights protection of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Protocol No 9 in the Treaty of Lisbon opens the way for accession. This represents a major change in the relationship between two organisations that have co-operated closely in the past, though the ECHR has hitherto exercised only an indirect constitutional control over the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509909265
• ISBN13: 9781509909261
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"