lecture 16 - Human rights

Question 1

what are the 3 sources of protection of human rights

Answer 1

1. general principles of law
2. ECHR
3. EU Charter

Question 2

how did general principles integrate human rights

Answer 2

• a judge made law
• a reaction to the opposition to the supremacy of eu law from the german and the italian constitutional courts

Question 3

how did the echr integrate eu human rights

Answer 3

• as a source of general principles
• as an inspiration for the eu charter of fundamental rights
• the eu court of human rights case law as the continued trendsetter in the interpretation of human rights