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Justice

Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit

EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

Highlights

  • Road to post covid
    Fundamental Rights Report
    10
    Juni
    2021

    Fundamental Rights Report 2021

    FRA’s Fundamental Rights Report 2021 reviews major developments in the field in 2020, identifying both achievements and areas of concern. It also presents FRA’s opinions on these developments, including a synopsis of the evidence supporting these opinions. This year’s focus chapter explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fundamental rights. The remaining chapters cover: the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights; equality and non-discrimination; racism, xenophobia and related intolerance; Roma equality and inclusion; asylum, borders and migration; information society, privacy and data protection; rights of the child; access to justice; and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
  • Handbook / Guide / Manual
    22
    Juni
    2016

    Handbuch zu den europarechtlichen Grundlagen des Zugangs zur Justiz

    Der Zugang zur Justiz ist ein bedeutendes Element der Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Einzelne erhalten so die
    Möglichkeit, sich gegen eine Verletzung ihrer Rechte zu schützen, im Falle unerlaubter Handlungen
    Rechtsbehelfe geltend zu machen, die Exekutive zur Verantwortung zu ziehen und sich selbst in
    Strafsachen zu verteidigen. Dieses Handbuch fasst die zentralen Grundsätze des europäischen
    Rechts im Bereich des Zugangs zur Justiz zusammen.
  • Seite

    Criminal Detention Database

    The Criminal Detention Database 2015-2019 combines in one place information on detention conditions in all 28 EU Member States.
  • Report / Paper / Summary
    25
    Juni
    2019

    Protecting migrant workers from exploitation in the EU: workers’ perspectives

    This report is the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s fourth on the topic of severe labour exploitation. Based on interviews with 237 exploited workers, it paints a bleak picture of severe exploitation and abuse. The workers include both people who came to the EU, and EU nationals who moved to another EU country. They were active in diverse sectors, and their legal status also varied.
Produkte
Video
Asylum, migration and borders
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Trafficking and labour exploitation

European Parliament exchanges views with FRA on severe labour exploitation

The Agency’s Director, Michael O’Flaherty, took part in a meeting of the European Parliament Employment Committee on 8 November.
Infografik
Defendants’ rights
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation

Fundamental rights in criminal proceedings: Information, interpretation and translation

This infographic looks at ways to improve the implementation of various EU criminal justice laws on the right to information, interpretation and translation that apply to Member States to guarantee common EU-wide minimum standards for rights protection.
Infografik
Defendants’ rights
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation

Fundamental rights in criminal proceedings: Trust in cross-border justice

This infographic looks at improving the implementation of the various EU criminal justice laws that apply to cross-border transfers, pre- and post- trial.
Video
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation

Judge Maria Berger on Access to Justice Handbook launch

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the European Court of Human Rights launched a practical handbook on European law relating to access to justice at the Fundamental Rights Forum on 22 June 2016.
Handbook / Guide / Manual
Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit
Rechte der Angeklagten
Zivilgerichtsbarkeit
Justizielle Zusammenarbeit und Rechtsstaatlichkeit
22
Juni
2016

Handbuch zu den europarechtlichen Grundlagen des Zugangs zur Justiz

Der Zugang zur Justiz ist ein bedeutendes Element der Rechtsstaatlichkeit. Einzelne erhalten so die
Möglichkeit, sich gegen eine Verletzung ihrer Rechte zu schützen, im Falle unerlaubter Handlungen
Rechtsbehelfe geltend zu machen, die Exekutive zur Verantwortung zu ziehen und sich selbst in
Strafsachen zu verteidigen. Dieses Handbuch fasst die zentralen Grundsätze des europäischen
Rechts im Bereich des Zugangs zur Justiz zusammen.
Fundamental Rights Report
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Asylum, migration and borders
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Hate crime
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
People with disabilities
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Children, youth and older people
Roma
30
Mai
2016

Fundamental Rights Report 2016

The European Union (EU) and its Member States introduced and pursued numerous initiatives to safeguard and strengthen
fundamental rights in 2015. Some of these efforts produced important progress; others fell short of their aims. Meanwhile,
various global developments brought new – and exacerbated existing – challenges.
Fundamental Rights Report
Asyl, Migration und Grenzen
Datenschutz, Privatsphäre und neue Technologien
Geschlecht, sexuelle Ausrichtung und Geschlechtsidentität
Hasskriminalität
Geschlecht, sexuelle Ausrichtung und Geschlechtsidentität
Menschen mit Behinderungen
Gleichheit, Nichtdiskriminierung und Rassismus
Kinder, Jugendliche und ältere Menschen
Roma
Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit
30
Mai
2016

Grundrechte-Bericht 2016 - FRA Stellungnahmen

Im Jahr 2015 haben die Europäische Union (EU) und ihre Mitgliedstaaten
zahlreiche Maßnahmen für die Wahrung und Stärkung der Grundrechte
ergriffen und durchgeführt. Der von der FRA vorgelegte Grundrechte-
Bericht 2016 bietet eine Zusammenfassung und Analyse der wichtigsten
einschlägigen Entwicklungen, wobei sowohl die erzielten Fortschritte als
auch die nach wie vor bestehenden Hindernisse beleuchtet werden. Darüber
hinaus äußert sich die FRA in dieser Veröffentlichung zu den wichtigsten
Entwicklungen in den genannten Themenbereichen und gibt einen
Überblick über die ihren Stellungnahmen zugrunde liegenden Evidenzdaten.
Insgesamt bietet diese Veröffentlichung einen knappen, aber informativen
Überblick über die größten Herausforderungen, mit denen die EU und ihre
Mitgliedstaaten im Bereich der Grundrechte konfrontiert sind.
Report / Paper / Summary
Hate crime
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
28
April
2016

Ensuring justice for hate crime victims: professional perspectives

Hate crime is the most severe expression of discrimination, and a core fundamental rights abuse. Various initiatives target such crime, but most hate crime across the EU remains unreported and unprosecuted, leaving victims without redress. To counter this trend, it is essential for Member States to improve access to justice for victims. Drawing on interviews with representatives from criminal courts, public prosecutors’ offices, the police, and NGOs involved in supporting hate crime victims, this report sheds light on the diverse hurdles that impede victims’ access to justice and the proper recording of hate crime.
Opinion
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
15
April
2016

FRA Opinion on the development of an integrated tool of objective fundamental rights indicators able to measure compliance with the shared values listed in Article 2 TEU based on existing sources of information

This opinion underlines the importance of drawing on existing data and information in any assessment of the values in Article 2 TEU, and outlines how this could be done.
Report / Paper / Summary
Asyl, Migration und Grenzen
Menschenhandel und Ausbeutung von Arbeitskräften
Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit
17
März
2016

Schwere Formen der Arbeitsausbeutung: Arbeitskräfte aus der EU oder Drittstaaten - Zusammenfassung

Die Ausbeutung von Arbeitskräften ist kein vereinzelt auftretendes oder nebensächliches
Phänomen. Aber ungeachtet ihrer weiten Verbreitung und Alltäglichkeit haben schwere Arbeitsausbeutung
und ihre negativen Auswirkungen auf Drittstaatsangehörige und EU-BürgerInnen –
als Arbeitskräfte, aber auch als VerbraucherInnen – bislang bei WissenschaftlerInnen kaum
Beachtung gefunden. Im Rahmen der umfangreichen Feld- und Sekundärforschung der FRA
wurden die unterschiedlichen strafrechtlich relevanten Formen der schweren Ausbeutung von
Arbeitskräften aus anderen EU-Mitgliedstaaten oder Drittstaaten erstmals umfassend untersucht. Ziel war es, die diesbezüglichen Wissenslücken zu schließen und das derzeit herrschende
Klima der stillschweigenden Akzeptanz schwerer Arbeitsausbeutung in Frage zu stellen.
Opinion
Judicial cooperation and rule of law
Asylum, migration and borders
Borders and information systems
Legal migration and integration
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Borders and information systems
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Defendants’ rights
Security
21
Dezember
2015

FRA Opinion on the exchange of information on third-country nationals under a possible system to complement the European Criminal Records Information System

The proposal to establish a possible legislative instrument supplementing the existing European Criminal Records Information System with information on third-country nationals convicted in the EU raises a number of fundamental rights issues.
Report / Paper / Summary
Data protection, privacy and new technologies
Data protection
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Security
18
November
2015

Surveillance by intelligence services - Volume I: Member States’ legal frameworks

This report, drafted in response to the European Parliament’s call for thorough research on fundamental rights protection in the context of surveillance, maps and analyses the legal frameworks on surveillance in place in EU Member States.
Report / Paper / Summary
Datenschutz, Privatsphäre und neue Technologien
Justiz, Opferrechte und justizielle Zusammenarbeit
Sicherheit
18
November
2015

Überwachung durch Nachrichtendienste: Grundrechtsschutz und Rechtsbehelfe in der Europäischen Union - Zusammenfassung

Im April 2014 forderte das Europäische Parlament
die Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte
(FRA) auf, eine eingehende Untersuchung
zum Schutz der Grundrechte im Zusammenhang mit
der Überwachung durchzuführen. Dieser Aufforderung
kam die FRA nach und stellte einen Überblick
über die gültigen Rechtsrahmen von Überwachungstätigkeiten
in den 28 EU-Mitgliedstaaten zusammen
sowie eine Übersicht über die bestehenden Grundrechtsnormen.
Seite
Children, youth and older people
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation

Videos on children and justice

Each year, an estimated 2.5 million children go through legal procedures. Two-thirds of children do not receive adequate information during proceedings. Their understanding of their rights and procedures is rarely checked. The behaviour of legal professionals affects to what degree children feel safe and comfortable. These videos provide practical guidelines about how to ensure justice is child-friendly.
Download reports on child-friendly justice
Download checklist for professionals
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Children, youth and older people

Children and justice: your right to protection and legal representation

Children should always be supported by a professional support person when they are involved in judicial proceedings, such as being at court. This could be, for example, a social worker or a legal counsellor.
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Children, youth and older people

Children and justice: your rights

Children should always be supported by a professional support person when they are involved in judicial proceedings, such as being at court. This could be, for example, a social worker or a legal counsellor.
Access all videos
Download related reports
Video
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Victims’ rights
Children, youth and older people

Children and justice: your right to information

During judicial proceedings, such as being at court, children should always be told what is going on. The information should be presented in a child-friendly and understandable way.
Infografik
Civil justice
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Business and human rights

The freedom to conduct a business

The freedom to conduct a business, one of the lesser-known rights of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, can help boost growth and jobs across the EU.
Report / Paper / Summary
Business and human rights
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
5
August
2015

Freedom to conduct a business: exploring the dimensions of a fundamental right

This report seeks to demonstrate that the fulfilment of fundamental rights can help to improve the situation and achieve the strategic goals set out in the Europe 2020 growth strategy, which aims to establish a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy.
Seite
Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
Equality, non-discrimination and racism
Sex, sexual orientation and gender
Sex, sexual orientation and gender

Access to justice, including rights of crime victims

New strategic guidelines in the area of freedom, security and justice by the European Council placed increasing mutual trust, strengthening the protection of victims and reinforcing the rights of accused persons and suspects high on the EU policy agenda. Many EU Member States adopted new laws or reformed existing laws and policies in this area, while efforts continued at UN, Council of Europe and EU level to strengthen the rule of law, judicial independence and the efficiency of justice systems, as cornerstones of a democratic society.