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The Eu’S Accession To The European Convention On Human Rights: An International Law Perspective, Jed Odermatt
The Eu’S Accession To The European Convention On Human Rights: An International Law Perspective, Jed Odermatt
Jed Odermatt
Article 6(2) of the Treaty on European Union establishes that the Union “shall accede to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.” In early 2013, negotiators of the 47 Council of Europe member states and the European Union finalised a draft Accession Agreement that would allow the EU to accede to Convention. Taking this draft Accession Agreement as a starting point, this paper examines the issues and challenges that EU accession poses from an international law perspective. Much of the literature on the EU accession has focused on the effect that this process will have …