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Charter of Fundamental Rights
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union brings together the principles of the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter, and Community law as they relate to the rights of EU citizens. The Charter has been recognized by the EU since the meeting in Nice in December 2000 but did not become legally binding upon the member states until 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty was ratified and came into force. (The Constitutional Treaty of 2004 had previously incorporated the Charter but did not itself become law.) Under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, the Charter of Fundamental Rights has not been retained following the departure of the UK from the EU. This means that the UK would be entitled to amend, for example, the Equality Act 2010 without regard to EU law. |