This open access book provides a comprehensive exploration of the EUs role, as a regional international organisation, in the protection of human rights within national legal orders.
Emphasising the distinctive features of this contribution, it brings clarity for both EU and non-EU lawyers, particularly scholars of public and human rights law. By taking a cross-cutting approachexamining the capacity, nature, and adjudication of EU Fundamental Rights Lawit expertly navigates the intricacies of this system. Moreover, it advocates for a political turn in EU Fundamental Rights Lawone that enables European society to meaningfully engage with the deeper issues underpinning this legal framework.
This is an invaluable tool for scholars and practitioners in the fields of European law, public law, human rights, and International law.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by KU Leuven.
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An expert guide to the sui generis nature of the European Unions human rights regime, exploring it as a singular regional player in international human rights law.
Introduction
1. A Simultaneously Strong and Limited Human Rights Protector
2. The Power of EU Fundamental Rights Law
3. A Sophisticated Oversight Over Fundamental Rights
4. EU Fundamental Rights: A Political Project for the European Society
Concluding Remarks: EU Fundamental Rights Law, a Cluster of Raw Diamonds
Epilogue: A Risky but Vital Wager
Cecilia Rizcallah is Professor of European and Human Rights Law at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, and Visiting Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, the College of Europe in Bruges. She is the co-president of the Belgian Association for European Union Law (BEDER) and a member of the Collegium of the Royal Academy of Belgium.
