Judicial Review of UN Sanctions by the European Court of Justice

2009 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Lavranos
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Member States ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Procedural Rights ◽  
Court Of First Instance

AbstractWith its Kadi-judgment, the European Court of Justice firmly rejected the Kadi/Yusuf-judgments of the Court of First Instance. The Court of Justice made unambiguously clear that Community law, in particular its basic, core fundamental rights values prevail over any international law obligations of the EC and its Member States, including UN Security Council Resolutions and the UN Charter. As a consequence thereof, individuals targeted by UN sanctions must have access to full judicial review in order to be able to ensure the effective protection of their fundamental rights, including procedural rights as guaranteed by the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR). As a result, the Court of Justice proved that the Community is indeed based on the rule of law and that the fight against terrorism – how important it may be – cannot be used as a justification for completely abrogating European constitutional law values as guaranteed within the Community and its Member States.

Data Protection in EU Law

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tzanou
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Data Protection Directive ◽  
Data Flows ◽  
Court Of First Instance

This chapter aims to discuss the possibilities and limitations of the EU to provide for an effective and comprehensive data protection regime. In this respect, it presents an analysis of the data protection rules in EU law by examining the relevant constitutional and secondary law framework. It analyzes the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance on data protection issues, and argues that the European Court of Justice has interpreted an internal market measure (the Data Protection Directive) in such a way so as to foster the protection of fundamental rights. However, when it comes to the balancing between fundamental rights the Court leaves the question to be resolved by national courts. Finally, the contribution assesses the transborder data flows regime established by the Data Protection Directive and attempts to draw some conclusions on whether the ‘adequate protection’ test ensures a high protection in such flows.

9 Article 13 EC: Mere Rhetoric or a Harbinger of Change?

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 175-197
Author(s):  
Lisa Waddington
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Advisory Committees ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court

Since the signing of the Treaty on European Union in Maastricht in 1992, calls have gradually been increasing for a greater recognition of, and firmer foundation for, fundamental (social) rights within the European Union. These calls naturally became louder following the Opinion of the European Court of Justice excluding the possibility of EC accession to the European Convention of Human Rights and during the lead up to the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference. Academics, independent EU Advisory Committees, groups representing the interests of EU citizens and residents and the European Parliament lamented the almost complete absence of fundamental social rights in the Treaty, and called for an ambitious revision of the Treaty. To a large extent these calls went unheard in Amsterdam, and the new Treaty does not incorporate a comprehensive list of social fundamental rights.

Legal Protection Against the UN-Security Council Between European and International Law: A Kafkaesque Situation?

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Ley
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Court Of First Instance

Constitutionalism beyond the state concerns itself with the relation among various legal levels and the position of the individual in a multilevel legal system. The question how human rights are protected against international organizations who increasingly take on executive powers cannot be thoroughly answered without confronting a fundamental debate in international law theory: the constitutionalism-fragmentation debate. The European Court of First Instance as well as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) had to deal recently and are still dealing with this complex in a number of cases.

Case-note on Joined Cases C-402/05 P & C-415/05 P Yassin Abdullah Kadi & Al Barakaat International Foundation v. Council of the European Union & Commission of the European Communities

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Tzanou
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Case Note ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Community Law ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
European Union Commission ◽  
Court Of First Instance

“Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”On 3 September 2008, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) handed down its long-awaited decision on the Kadi and Al Barakaat International Foundation where, setting aside the relevant judgments of the European Court of First Instance (CFI), the Court held that the Community judicature must ensure the full review of the lawfulness of all Community acts. This included those deriving from UN Security Council's resolutions, in the light of the fundamental rights as protected by Community law.

Article 13 EC: Mere Rhetoric or a Harbinger of Change?

1998 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 175-197
Author(s):  
Lisa Waddington
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Advisory Committees ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court

Since the signing of the Treaty on European Union in Maastricht in 1992, calls have gradually been increasing for a greater recognition of, and firmer foundation for, fundamental (social) rights within the European Union. These calls naturally became louder following the Opinion of the European Court of Justice excluding the possibility of EC accession to the European Convention of Human Rights and during the lead up to the Amsterdam Intergovernmental Conference. Academics, independent EU Advisory Committees, groups representing the interests of EU citizens and residents and the European Parliament lamented the almost complete absence of fundamental social rights in the Treaty, and called for an ambitious revision of the Treaty. To a large extent these calls went unheard in Amsterdam, and the new Treaty does not incorporate a comprehensive list of social fundamental rights.

scholarly journals ¿Quién es el juez de los derechos fundamentales frente a la ley en el ámbito interno de aplicación del derecho comunitario?: (reflexiones sobre el control iusfundamental del derecho interno a la luz de la recepción nacional de los derechos fundamentales d

2007 ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Ignacio Ugartemendia Eceizabarrena
Keyword(s):  
Judicial Review ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Community Law ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
National Constitution

The aim of this article is firstly to describe the phenomenum of «national or state incorporation« of European Union Fundamental Rights.That is a process that was launched by the European Court of Justice with its judgment Wachauf in 1989, when it established that Member states were obliged to respect European Community Fundamental Rights in the implementation of Community law rules. It implies that those afore mentioned rights become parameters of conformity with Community Law and are to be used by national courts and judges when they are asked to control national authorities’ acts (including national legislure’s) taking into account those parameters. From this point of view, this work tries likewise to analyse how that incorporation affects the activity of judicial review of national acts in the light of fundamental rights as recognized by the National constitution. And specially when judicial review deals with Acts and other legal rules with same rank.

scholarly journals Az általános gazdasági érdekű szolgáltatások és az egyetemes szolgáltatás értelmezéséről az Európai Unióban

Competitio ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Eva Sztanko
Keyword(s):  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Court Of First Instance

Az elmúlt közel tíz évben az európai társadalommodellről folytatott vita középpontjában az általános gazdasági érdekű szolgáltatások jövőbeni szerepének megfogalmazása állt. Az Európai Bizottság széleskörű nyilvános konzultációt indított el az általános gazdasági érdekű szolgáltatások közszolgáltatási célkitűzéseiről, az életminőségre, a környezetre és az európai vállalkozások versenyképességére gyakorolt hatásairól, valamint a szolgáltatások szervezésének és finanszírozásának módjáról. Ehhez a konzultációhoz az Európai Közösségek Bírósága (European Court of Justice) és az Elsőfokú Bíróság (Court of First Instance) általános érdekű szolgáltatásokkal1 kapcsolatos ügyekben hozott határozatai is hozzájárultak. Bár a bíróságok döntései nem voltak mindig konzisztensek, mégis nagyban segítették az általános gazdasági érdekű szolgáltatások fogalmának pontosabb meghatározását.

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