EU Charter

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The EU Charter is a legally binding document that enshrines fundamental rights and freedoms for individuals within the European Union’s legal order.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
EU Charter canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union law instrument ⓘ
human rights charter ⓘ
adoptedBy Council of the European Union ⓘ
European Commission ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
aimsTo strengthen protection of fundamental rights in the EU ⓘ
appliesIn European Union member states ⓘ
appliesTo institutions of the European Union ⓘ
member states when implementing EU law ⓘ
becameLegallyBindingThrough Treaty of Lisbon ⓘ
bindingOn Council of the European Union ⓘ
Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
European Commission ⓘ
European Parliament ⓘ
contains civil and political rights provisions ⓘ
data protection rights provisions ⓘ
economic and social rights provisions ⓘ
non-discrimination provisions ⓘ
rights of elderly persons provisions ⓘ
rights of persons with disabilities provisions ⓘ
rights of the child provisions ⓘ
hasLegalEffectSince 1 December 2009 ⓘ
influencedBy European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
constitutional traditions common to the member states ⓘ
interpretedBy Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
jurisdiction European Union ⓘ
language all official languages of the European Union ⓘ
legalNature primary EU law ⓘ
legalStatus legally binding ⓘ
notSameAs European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
officialName Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union ⓘ
partOf European Union legal order ⓘ
protects civil rights ⓘ
cultural rights ⓘ
economic rights ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
political rights ⓘ
social rights ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
relatedTo European Convention on Human Rights ⓘ
scopeOfApplication situations governed by EU law ⓘ
shortName Charter of Fundamental Rights ⓘ
EU Charter ⓘ
subjectMatter citizens’ rights ⓘ
equality ⓘ
freedoms ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
justice ⓘ
solidarity ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights → shortName → EU Charter ⓘ
subject linked to: EU Charter