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The Protection of Fundamental Rights

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The chapter analyzes in Sect. 2.1 the multilevel protection of fundamental rights, also considered in a historical perspective. Special focus is given to the Charter of Fundamental Rights, Art. 6 TEU, and the perspective of the accession of the European Union to the ECHR. Section 2.2 is dedicated to legislative harmonization, which has been developed from Art. 82 TFEU, namely with the directives on fundamental rights of suspected and accused persons and on victim’s rights. Finally, Sect. 2.3 deals with judicial protection of fundamental rights, in the relationship (and the conflicts) between the two European courts and national judges.

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Kostoris, R.E. (2018). The Protection of Fundamental Rights. In: Kostoris, R. (eds) Handbook of European Criminal Procedure. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72462-1_2

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