Confronto tra la CEDU e la CDFUE: focus sul diritto a un equo processo

Human rights in Europe are protected at a multilevel system. The Council of Europe, an international organization founded after the catastrophes connected to World War II, aims at upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law. It includes 46 countries, 27 of which are members of the European Union. The European Union, a political and economic union of 27 member states, is committed to promoting the protection of human rights. Respectively, the Council of Europe opened for signatures the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, better known as the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), in Rome on 4th of November 1950 and which came into force on 3rd of September 1953; the European Union adopted the Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR) in December 2009 with the Treaty of Lisbon, declared in Nice on the 7th of December 2000. This paper aims at making a comparison between these fundamental human rights documents, including their frameworks and standards, with a particular attention drawn to the right to a fair trial. This right foresees the overall fairness of the criminal proceedings of a person charged with a crime or involved in a legal dispute.