Activites

• 2000/12/18 Final act published in Official Journal
• 2000/12/07 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2000/12/07 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2000/11/14 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T5-0495/2000 summary

    The Parliament voted 410 to 93 with 27 abstentions in favour of a resolution, drafted by Mr Andrew DUFF (ELDR, Uk) and Mr Johannes VOGGENHUBER (Greens/EFA, A), approving the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights to be solemnly proclaimed at the Nice Summit by the Presidents of Parliament, the Commission and the European Council. Parliament takes the view that the Convention established to draw up the Charter has fulfilled its mandate. The question of its legal status will be taken up by the MEPs at the part-session of 29 and 30 of November 2000 and the text of the draft Charter is included as an annex to Parliament's recommendation. �

• 2000/11/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2000/11/07 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0325/2000
• 2000/10/10 Legislative proposal published
  • 04487/1/2000 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the draft Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. CONTENT : at the formal session of the Convention on 02.10.2000, the President of the Convention responsible for preparing the draft recorded that there was a broad consensus and he sent it to the President of the European Council. The draft includes ambitious innovations which are as follows: - the bringing together in a single instrument the rights of persons: civil, political, economic and social rights of the European Union citizens. This breaks with the traditional distinction between civil and political rights on the one hand and economic and social rights on the other hand, enumerating all rights around a few major principles: human dignity, fundamental freedoms, equality, solidarity, citizenship and justice; - in respect for the principle of universalism, the rights included in the draft are, for the most, given to all persons, irrespective of their race, colour or nationality or place of residence, except in the case of rights which are most directly bound up with citizenship of the Union which are given only to citizens (e.g. participation in European Parliament or local elections) and for certain which are related to a particular status (rights of children, certain social rights for workers); - the draft outlines new rights which are linked to the development of information technology or genetic engineering (e.g. data protection and rights relating to bioethics); - finally, it responds to a legitimate contemporary demand for transparency and impartiality in the operation of Community administration (access rights to administrative documents from institutions or the right to a sound administration).�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/justice/', 'title': 'Justice'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: 04487/1/2000
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0325/2000
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0495/2000

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)