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The Treaty of Amsterdam set the European Union on track for an area of freedom, security and justice. The proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union confirmed the importance attached to individual rights in the ongoing process of European integration.
The "Fundamental Rights" pages offer an overview of the state of protection of fundamental rights in the European Union, based on the structure and definition of rights in the Charter.
There are detailed comments on every chapter of the Charter. For each article, these include:
an overview of the state of international law (UN and Council of Europe) and European Union law, with links to the different texts