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Further resources
Resources on accession
- CoE, ‘Accession by the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights – Answers to frequently asked questions’, 1 June 2010.
- CoE, ‘17th meeting of the CDDH ad hoc negotiation group on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention of Human Rights – Proposed editorial revisions to the draft revised accession instruments (document prepared by the Secretariat under the authority of the Chairperson and Vice-chairperson)’, 46+1(2023)30, 18 January 2023.
- CoE Parliamentary Assembly, ‘Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights’, 2601/2025, April 2025.
- Corlăţean, T., ‘Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights – Report’, Doc. 16126, 7 March 2025.
- Burić, M. P. and Jourová, V., ‘The EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights: Joint statement on behalf of the Council of Europe and the European Commission’, 29 September 2020.
- Lecerf, M., ‘Completion of EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights’, 24 October 2025.
- European Parliament: Andreadakis, S. and Morano-Foadi, S., ‘The EU accession to the ECHR after Opinion 2/13: Reflections, solutions and the way forward’, 20 April 2016, pp. 11-12.
- European Union Delegation to the Council of Europe, ‘Major progress on the path to EU accession to the ECHR – Negotiations concluded at technical level in Strasbourg’, European Union External Action website, 31 March 2023.
- Treaty on European Union, (OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, pp. 13–390).
- FRA, ‘Article 52 – Scope and interpretation’, FRA website, n.d..