The accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights constitutes a major step in the development of human rights in Europe. Discussed since the late 1970s, the accession became a legal obligation under the Treaty of Lisbon.
Although the European Union is not yet a Party to the European Convention on Human Rights and its acts cannot as such be the subject of applications to the European Court of Human Rights (the Court), the issues relating to Community law have been raised regularly with the Court and the former European Commission of Human Rights.
- European Union accession to the European Convention on Human Rights - Questions and Answers
- Website of the Informal Group on Accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights (CDDH-UE)
- Report of the Parliamentary Assembly "The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the Council of Europe"
- The European Union and Human Rights
- Factsheet on case-law concerning the European Union
