The Contribution of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to the Realisation of Economic and Socials Rights
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Description
Broadly stated, the Fundamental Rights Agency will have a mandate to monitor respect for fundamental rights within the EU. Since the list of rights reflected in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights includes certain economic and social rights it can reasonably be assumed that these rights will constitute at least part of the new Agency’s mandate. But, as noted below, this proposition cannot in fact be taken for granted. Assuming, however, that the Agency will concern itself to some extent with these rights, then a number of important issues must be addressed. Thus the main focus of the present chapter is on the following questions: which economic and social rights should be included within the new Agency’s mandate; what role will economic and social rights standards contained in international instruments other than the EU Charter play; how should the role of the FRA be conceptualized, and more specifically what is involved in ‘monitoring’; what, if anything, can the FRA learn from the experience of the other principal international procedures which already play a role in monitoring the enjoyment of economic and social rights in Europe; and what are the main considerations which should guide the Agency in shaping its approach to these rights.
Source Publication
Monitoring Fundamental Rights in the EU: The Contribution of the Fundamental Rights Agency
Source Editors/Authors
Philip Alston, Olivier De Schutter
Publication Date
2005
Recommended Citation
Alston, Philip G., "The Contribution of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency to the Realisation of Economic and Socials Rights" (2005). Faculty Chapters. 42.
https://gretchen.law.nyu.edu/fac-chapt/42
