EUROPEJSKA KONWENCJA O OCHRONIE PRAW CZŁOWIEKA

Abstract

The Council of Europę and the European Union share common values of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Despite the different legał naturę of these two unions of European States and the performance of different tasks and functions, they complement each other in their day-to-day work. The Council of Europę unites 47 European States and is the only European intergoverfimental organisation which proposed the definition of “European State”, drawing on the concept of geographical proximity, cultural relations and common European values. It is this common European standard of recognition of values that The Council of Europę ensures by means of reasonable balance of enshrining legał standards in treaty and institutional sources and of monitoring of their fulfilment, often with the help of its own technical and expert contribution. This contribution involves in particular the participation of the EU institutions. The European Union treats common European values as the key element of the European identity. When drafting legał instruments and agreements, which apply to its 28 member States, the EU often relies on the standards of the Council of Europę. In addition, the EU refers in particular to the standards of the Council of Europę and to the work of its monitoring mechanisms in relations with its neighbour States, many of which are member States of the Council of Europę. The Treaty of Lisbon expanded the scope of activities for the EU in many spheres in which the Council of Europę had already developed considerable ехрегіепсе and expertise. Due to this, cooperation on such issues as combating human trafficking, sexual exploitation of children and violence against women has expanded. In addition, due to the provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon, the possibility to sign ECHR was opened to the European Union