ICJ comments on draft EU accession agreement to European human rights convention

ICJ comments on draft EU accession agreement to European human rights convention

The ICJ, Amnesty International and the AIRE Centre submitted written comments on the draft EU accession agreement to the European Convention on Human Rights.

The ICJ, Amnesty International and the AIRE Centre have submitted written observations, on the occasion of the last meeting of the 47+1 Group in charge of the negotiations on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights. The observations focussed on issues of jurisdiction, responsibility, and on the mechanism of co-respondence in cases involving the EU.

EUAccessionECHR-Paper-Joint-2013 (download the paper)

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