Ukubaluleka kokuqondanisa i-EU namalungelo abantu kube yisihloko sengxoxo yokuqina okuhlukahlukene isikhathi eside. Isidingo sakho sisobala namuhla kodwa bekulokhu kubhekwe ngaso sonke isikhathi kusukela ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1970, ngisho nangaphambi kokusungulwa okusemthethweni kwe-European Union njengoba siyazi namuhla. Izingxoxo ezisemthethweni nezingakahleleki zokuthi i-EU ingafinyelelwa kanjani ku-European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) zenzeka phakathi kwenhlangano eyandulela i-EU kanye noMkhandlu WaseYurophu kakade ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970.
Udaba lwaphinde lwabekwa phambili ngokwamukelwa kwe-European Union Charter of Fundamental Rights (7 December 2000).
Njengoba kuqala ukusebenza iSivumelwano SaseLisbon (1 December 2009) kanye neSivumelwano 14 se-ECHR (1 June 2010), ukubusa akusesona isifiso nje; isibe yisibopho esingokomthetho ngaphansi kweSigaba 6(2).
Injongo yokungena kwe-EU ku-ECHR iwukuba neqhaza ekudaleni indawo eyodwa yezomthetho yaseYurophu, kufezwe uhlaka oluhambisanayo lokuvikelwa kwamalungelo abantu kulo lonke. Europe.
Nokho, ukungenela akulula njengoba kuye kwaba njalo ezifundazweni ezingu-47 zaseYurophu esezingene ohlelweni lwe-ECHR kuze kube manje. I-EU iyibhizinisi elingelona elesifundazwe elinesistimu yezomthetho ethile neyinkimbinkimbi, ngokungafani nezwe kazwelonke. Ukuze i-EU yamukele i-ECHR, kudingeka izinguquko ezithile ohlelweni lwe-ECHR.
Umsebenzi wokuhlonza nokuxazulula izinkinga ezingokomthetho nezobuchwepheshe okufanele zixazululwe nguMkhandlu WaseYurophu, uma i-EU ingena kuyi-ECHR, kanye nezindlela zokugwema noma yikuphi ukungqubuzana phakathi kwezomthetho. Uhlelo lwe-EU kanye nolwe-ECHR, lwaqalwa ngo-2001.
Umsebenzi nezingxoxo ziqale kabusha ngo-2019, ngesicelo seKhomishini ye-EU, ngemuva kweminyaka emihlanu yokumiswa kwenqubo. Kusukela lapho, imihlangano eyisikhombisa iye yabanjwa yiqembu lezingxoxo zesikhashana leCouncil of Europe elakhiwe ngabamele Amazwe angama-47 angamaLungu oMkhandlu WaseYurophu nabamele i-European Union (“47+1”). Umhlangano wokugcina wawubanjwe kusukela mhla ziyisi-7-10 kuZibandlela wezi-2021.
Lapho i-EU isiyivumile i-ECHR, izohlanganiswa nesimiso sokuvikela amalungelo ayisisekelo se-ECHR. Ngaphezu kokuvikelwa kwangaphakathi kwala malungelo umthetho we-EU kanye neNkantolo Yobulungisa, i-EU izobophezeleka ukuba ihloniphe i-ECHR futhi izofakwa ngaphansi kokulawula kwangaphandle kweNkantolo YaseYurophu Yomthetho. Human Rights.
Ukungenela kuzothuthukisa nokwethembeka kwe-EU emehlweni amazwe esithathu, i-EU njalo iwacela, ebudlelwaneni bayo bamazwe amabili, ukuba ahloniphe i-ECHR.