Remedies for Human Rights Violations by the European Union

Preface; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; A Introducing the research question; Part I The remedies deficit; Chapter 1 The failure of EU accession to the ECHR and the remedies deficit; Chapter 2 The action for annulment – an inaccessible internal remedy; Chapter 3 Alternatives to the ECHR and the judicial review remedies; Part II Non-contractual liability of the European Union and the protection of human rights; Chapter 4 Introducing the relationship between non-contractualliability and human rights claims; Chapter 5 Non-contractual liability: the concept of unlawfulness and human rights; Chapter 6 Damage, causation and the principle of non-contractual liability of the EU vis-à-vis human rights claims; Chapter 7 EU non-contractual liability for lawful acts and rights-based claims; Chapter 8 The scope of application ofthe principle of non-contractualliability and human rights; Part III The European Union and international human rights obligations; Chapter 9 The EU and its involvement in international affairs; Chapter 10 Does the EU have international human rights obligations?; Chapter 11 The EU and the doctrine of attribution in international law; Chapter 12 The EU’s responsibility vis-à-vis member states obligations to implement EU policies; Chapter 13 Remedies potentially available for the breach of international human rights law by the EU; Chapter 14 Procedural obstacles: available legal fora to challenge the EU on the basis of an internationally wrongful act violating human rights; Conclusion; Bibliography; Table of Cases; Table of legislation and instruments; Index