The EU accession to the ECHR

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 EU legal order through scrutiny of EU Member States. The accession of the EU to the ECHR is expected to put an end to the informal dialogue, and allegedly also competition between the two regimes in Europe and to establish formal (both normative and institutional) hierarchies. In this new era, some old problems will be solved and new ones will appear. Questions of autonomy and independence, of attribution and allocation of responsibility, of co-operation, and legal pluralism will all arise, with consequences for the protection of human rights in Europe. This book seeks to understand how relations between the two organisations are likely to evolve after accession, and whether this new model will bring more coherence in European human rights protection. The book analyses from several different, yet interconnected, points of view and relevant practice the draft Accession Agreement, shedding light on future developments in the ECHR and beyond. Contributions in the book span classic public international law, EU law and the law of the ECHR, and are written by a mix of legal and non-legal experts from academia and practice.

• Foreword p. v Sir Francis Jacobs QC
• Acknowledgements p. ix
• Table of Cases p. xv
• Table of Legislation p. xxvii
• Table of Conventions and Treaties and Agreements p. xxxv
• 1 Introduction: The EU Accession to the ECHR Ante Portas: Questions Raised by Europe's New Human Rights Architecture p. 1
• Part I Institutional Arrangements, Prior Involvement and the Autonomy of the EU p. 15
• 2 The EU Accession to the ECHR: The Negotiation Process p. 17 Andrew Drzemczewski
• 3 Too Many Voices? The Prior Involvement of the Court of Justice of the European Union p. 29 Aida Torres Pérez
• 4 The Right to Extra-judicial Redress in EU Law after the EU's Accession to the ECHR: The Legal Framework, Challenges and the Question of the Prior Involvement of the CJEU p. 45 Nikos Vogiatzis
• 5 Election of EU Judge onto the Strasbourg Court p. 65 Andrew Drzemczewski
• Part II Allocation of Responsibility and the Co-respondent Mechanism p. 73
• 6 A European Law of International Responsibility? The Articles on the Responsibility of International Organisations and the EU p. 75 Jean d'Aspremont
• 7 The EU Accession to the ECHR and the Law of International Responsibility p. 87 Arman Sarvarian
• 8 United We Stand: The EU and its Member States in the Strasbourg Court p. 105 Andres Delgado Casteleiro
• Part III Accommodating Multiple Actors: Multi-level Protection and the Role of the National Legal Orders p. 121
• 9 Kissing Awake a Sleeping Beauty? The Charter of Fundamental Rights in EU and Member States' Policy Practice p. 123 John Morijn
• 10 Two Worlds (Still) Apart? ECHR and EU law before National Judges p. 141 Giuseppe Martinico
• 11 National Courts in the New European Fundamental Rights Architecture p. 159 Monica Claes and Šejla Imamovic
• Part IV Pluralism within the New Order p. 175
• 12 Bosphorus Post-Accession: Redefining the Relationships between the European Court of Human Rights and the Parties to the Convention p. 177 Olivier De Schutter
• 13 The (Geo-)Politics of the EU Accession to the ECHR: Democracy and Distrust in the Wider Europe p. 199 Robert Harmsen
• 14 Taming the Fragmentation Monster through Human Rights? International Constitutionalism, 'Pluralism Lite' and the Common Territory of the Two European Legal Orders p. 219 Lucas Lixinski
• Part V Integration in Human Rights: Towards a Common Espace Juridique and its Expansion in Areas of Economic Activity p. 235
• 15 Luxembourg or Strasbourg: Improving the Distributional Impacts of Trade Conflicts p. 237 Bernard M Hoekman and Petros C Mavroidis
• 16 The EU's Accession to the ECHR and Due Process Rights in EU Competition Law Matters: Nothing New under the Sun? p. 255 Albert Sanchez Graells
• 17 The EU Accession to the ECHR: An Attempt to Explore Possible Implications in the Area of Public Procurement p. 271 Arts Georgopoulos
• 18 The EU Accession to the ECHR as an Opportunity for Conceptual Clarity in European Equality Law: The New European Paradigm of Full Equality p. 291 Panos Kapotas
• 19 European Consensus and the EU Accession to the ECHR p. 309 Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou and Pavel Repyeuski
• Part VI Instead of a Conclusion p. 325
• 20 The Accession of the EU to the ECHR and the Charter of Fundamental Rights: Enlarging the Field of Protection of Human Rights in Europe p. 327 Christos L Rozakis
• 21 Some Personal Comments on the Accession of the EU to the ECHR p. 333 Christiaan Timmermans
• 22 The 'Co-respondent Mechanisms' According to the Draft Agreement for the Accession of the EU to the ECHR p. 341 Giorgio Gaja
• 23 Beyond the Accession Agreement: Five Items for the European Union's Human Rights Agenda p. 349 Bruno de Witte
• Index p. 357