European Union and Human Rights Monitoring

In recent years, the European Union has initiated many developments relating to the protection of human rights. These range from the inclusion of human rights provisions in its agreements with third states to the creation of a legal basis for human rights protection within the Union itself. That raises the inevitable question as to how compliance with human rights can be monitored, and by whom, and it is this question that is addressed in this study. The study covers the various monitoring mechanisms operated by and within the Union comprehensively and in depth, making it an indispensable work of reference for anyone interested in the protection of human rights.