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Fundamental Rights in EU Criminal Justice
Research Guide
What is Fundamental Rights in EU Criminal Justice?
Fundamental rights in EU criminal justice refer to protections under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights applied to criminal proceedings, including fair trial guarantees, ne bis in idem, detention conditions, and data safeguards in cross-border cooperation.
CJEU jurisprudence balances mutual trust in AFSJ instruments with fundamental rights scrutiny (Xanthopoulou, 2018, 51 citations). Research covers EPPO establishment and its rights implications (Csonka et al., 2017, 35 citations). Key cases address EAW execution amid rule-of-law concerns (Willems, 2019, 32 citations).
Why It Matters
Safeguards ensure mutual recognition mechanisms like the European Arrest Warrant respect fair trial rights, preventing abuses in integrated EU justice systems (Mancano, 2021, 23 citations). EPPO operations demand equivalent protections across states to prosecute EU fraud effectively (Kuhl, 2017, 22 citations). Rule-of-law crises trigger CJEU rebuttals to blind trust presumptions, impacting surrenders and detention (Willems, 2019, 32 citations; Schroeder, 2021, 29 citations). These protections shape external migration controls and internal security (Rijpma and Cremona, 2007, 19 citations).
Key Research Challenges
Balancing Mutual Trust and Rights
CJEU presumes trust in AFSJ but allows rebuttal for systemic rights flaws (Willems, 2019, 32 citations). Evolution shows three phases from blind trust to scrutiny (Xanthopoulou, 2018, 51 citations). Challenge persists in uncharted post-rebuttal territory.
Detention Conditions Scrutiny
Appalling prison conditions trigger Article 4 CFR violations, blocking EAWs (Mancano, 2019, 20 citations). Approximation debates arise for uniform standards. Judicial independence underpins trust presumption (Mancano, 2021, 23 citations).
Rule-of-Law in Populist Crises
Populism erodes rule-of-law, prompting EU conditionality on funds and cooperation (Bignami, 2020, 33 citations). Article 2 TEU defines rule-of-law as binding principle (Schroeder, 2021, 29 citations). Conflicts arise with national sovereignty.
Essential Papers
Mutual trust and rights in EU criminal and asylum law: Three phases of evolution and the uncharted territory beyond blind trust
Ermioni Xanthopoulou · 2018 · Common Market Law Review · 51 citations
This article examines the evolving relationship of mutual trust and fundamental rights in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. The ECJ has long prioritized the effectiveness of instruments ba...
The Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor's Office: The Road from Vision to Reality
Peter Csonka, Adam Juszczak, Elisa Sason · 2017 · eucrim – The European Criminal Law Associations Forum · 35 citations
The establishment of a European prosecution office with the competence to fight crimes against the financial interests of the EU has been the subject of discussion for many years . Twenty years aft...
EU Law in Populist Times: Crises and Prospects
Francesca Bignami · 2020 · Scholarly Commons - George Washington University Law School (George Washington University) · 33 citations
EU Law in Populist Times: Crises and Prospects analyzes the sovereignty-sensitive EU law that has emerged over the past decade—in economic policy, human migration, internal security, and constituti...
The Court of Justice of the European Union’s Mutual Trust Journey in EU Criminal Law: From a Presumption to (Room for) Rebuttal
Auke Willems · 2019 · German Law Journal · 32 citations
Abstract More than any other EU institution, the Court of Justice of the European Union has upheld the presumption of mutual trust in EU criminal law cooperation. Surprisingly though, despite mutua...
The Rule of Law As a Value in the Sense of Article 2 TEU: What Does It Mean and Imply?
Werner Schroeder · 2021 · Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht · 29 citations
Abstract The rule of law is a value on which the European Union is founded, and which shall be respected and observed by its Member States. This value is not merely an ethical standard but a bindin...
The Principle of Mutual Trust between Member States in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Clemens Ladenburger · 2020 · Zeitschrift für europarechtliche Studien · 26 citations
This study discusses, from various angles, the principle of mutual trust between Member States in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). As a starting point it refers to three emblematic...
You’ll never work alone: A systemic assessment of the European Arrest Warrant and judicial independence
Leandro Mancano · 2021 · Common Market Law Review · 23 citations
The adage is that the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is built on the principle of mutual trust: the presumption that Member States comply with fundamental rights save in exceptional circumstances. H...
Reading Guide
Foundational Papers
Start with Rijpma and Cremona (2007, 19 citations) for rule-of-law in migration-criminal overlaps; Luchtman (2012, 10 citations) on legality principles in AFSJ jurisdiction.
Recent Advances
Xanthopoulou (2018, 51 citations) for trust phases; Willems (2019, 32 citations) for CJEU rebuttals; Mancano (2021, 23 citations) on EAW and independence.
Core Methods
CJEU case doctrinal analysis; mutual trust presumption testing; EPPO institutional equivalence assessments (Csonka et al., 2017; Kuhl, 2017).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What defines fundamental rights in EU criminal justice?
Protections under EU Charter Articles 47-50 apply to proceedings, enforced via CJEU scrutiny of mutual trust (Xanthopoulou, 2018).
What are key methods in this research?
Doctrinal analysis of CJEU cases on EAW rebuttals and EPPO equivalence; systemic assessments of judicial independence (Willems, 2019; Mancano, 2021).
What are seminal papers?
Xanthopoulou (2018, 51 citations) on trust evolution; Willems (2019, 32 citations) on CJEU rebuttal journey; Csonka et al. (2017, 35 citations) on EPPO.
What open problems remain?
Post-rebuttal trust mechanisms; uniform detention approximation; rule-of-law conditionality in populism (Bignami, 2020; Schroeder, 2021).
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