Documents Adopted by the European Council
Declaration on European Identity, adopted by the Copenhagen European Council 13-14 December 1973, published in 12Bull. EC118–122.
Declaration on human rights, adopted by the Luxembourg European Council, 28-29 June 1991, [1991]6 Bull. EC 17 point 1.45.
Presidency Conclusions, Lisbon European Council, 26-27 June 1992.
Presidency Conclusions, Copenhagen European Council, 21-22 June 1993, SN 180/1/93 rev 1, [1993]6 Bull. EC 13.
Presidency Conclusions, Luxembourg European Council, 12-13 December 1997, SN 400/97, DOC/97/24.
Declaration by the European Council at the Beginning of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 15 December 1997, Document 7121.
Presidency Conclusions, adopted by the Tampere European Council, 15-16 Octo-ber 1999, Document 200/1/99.
Presidency Conclusions of the Helsinki European Council, 10 and 11 December 1999, Document 300/1/99.
Laeken Declaration on the Future of the European Union, 15 December 2001, ad-opted by the Laeken European Council, Document 300/1/01.
Declaration on "One Europe" adopted in Copenhagen, 13 December 2002, SN 369/02.
Presidency Conclusions, Copenhagen European Council, 12-13 December 2002, SN 400/02.
A Secure Europe in a Better World 12 December 2003, European Security Strategy, document proposed by Javier Solana and adopted by the Heads of State and Government at the European Council in Brussels.
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Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council, 12-13 December 2003, Doc-ument 5381/04.
Presidency Conclusions, Brussels European Council, 16-17 December 2004, 16238/04 CONCL 4.
Common Positions and Strategies Adopted by the Council
Common Position 95/544/CFSP defined by the Council on the basis of Treaty on European Union, on Nigeria, [1995]OJ L309/1.
Common Position 98/614/CFSP of 30 October 1998 defined by the Council on the basis of Art J.2 of the Treaty on European Union, concerning Nigeria, [1998]OJ L293/77.
Common Strategy (1999/414/CSFP) of the European Union on Russia, 4 June 1999.
Common Position 2001/373/CFSP of 14 May 2001 on Nigeria, [2001]OJ L132/1.
Other Acts Adopted by the Council
Resolution of the Council and of the Member States of 28 November 1991 on Hu-man Rights, Democracy and Development, [1991]11 Bull. EC para 2.3.1.
Declaration of the Council and the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting in the Council on human rights, democracy and devel-opment, [1993]5 Bull. EC 68.
General Affairs Council Meeting in Brussels, 29 May 1995, [1995] Press Release 7481/95 (Presse 152).
Council Conclusions of 29 April 1997 on the principle of conditionality govern-ing the development of the EU’s relations with certain countries of south-east Europe, [1997]4 Bull. EU 132.
Declaration of the European Union on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, Vienna 10 December 1998, [1998]Press Release 447 No. 14128/98.
Guidelines on EU Policy towards Third Countries on the Death Penalty, ad-opted by the General Affairs Council - Luxembourg, 29 June 1998, available athURL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/human_rights/adp/
guide_en.htmi, site last visited on 5 March 2005.
European Union Annual Report on Human Rights (1998–1999), adopted by the General Affairs Council 11 October 1999, Document 11350/99.
Conclusions of General Affairs Council 2239th meeting, ’Relations with Russia’, Brussels 24 January 2000.
Conclusions of General Affairs Council 2327th Council Meeting, EU–China dia-logue on human rights, Brussels 22–23 January 2001.
European Union guidelines on human rights dialogues, adopted by the Council of the EU on 13 December 2001hURL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_
relations/human_rights/doc/ghd12_01.htmi, site last visited on 5 March 2005.
Documents Adopted by the European Commission Commission Communcations (COM)
Commission Communication on relations with the associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Task Force on Approximation of Laws (Follow-up of the European Council of Copenhagen), Brussels 16 September 1994,COM (94) 391 final.
White Paper on the Preparation of the Associated Countries of Central and East-ern Europe for Integration into the IntEast-ernal Market of the Union,COM (95) 163 final.
Report on the Implementation of Measures Intended to Promote Observance of Human Rights and Democratic Principles (For 1994), Brussels, 12 July 1995, COM (95) 191 final.
Communication from the Commission on the Inclusion of Respect for Demo-cratic Principles and Human Rights in Agreements between the Community and Third Countries, Brussels, 23 May 1995,COM (95) 216 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parlia-ment, The European Union and Latin America. The present situation and pro-spects for closer partnership 1996–2000,COM (95) 495 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and European Parliament.
The European Union and the External Dimension of Human Rights Policy:
From Rome to Maastricht and Beyond, Brussels, 22 November 1995,COM (95) 567 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parlia-ment . Guidelines for the negotiation of new cooperation AgreeParlia-ments with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states,COM (97) 357 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parlia-ment, Democratisation, the rule of law, respect for human rights and good gov-ernance: the challenges of the partnership between the European Union and the ACP States, 12 March 1998,COM (98) 146 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parlia-ment. The European Union’s Role in Promoting Human Rights and Democrat-isation in Third Countries, Brussels, 8 May 2001,COM (2001) 252 final.
Strategy Paper and Report of the European Commission on the progress towards accession by each of the candidate countries,COM (2002) 700 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council. The EU–Africa dialogue, Brussels, 23 June 2003,COM (2003) 316 final.
Commission Policy Paper for Transmission to the Council and the European Par-liament. A Maturing partnership — shared interests and challenges in EU–
China relations (Updating the European Commissions Communications on EU–China relations of 1998 and 2001), Brussels, 10 September 2003,COM (2003) 533 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and to the European Par-liament on relations with Russia, Brussels, 9 February 2004,COM (2004) 106 final.
Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (presented by the Commission), Brussels, 5 March 2004, COM (2004) 2 final/3.
Communication from the Commission. Opinion on Croatia’s Application for Membership of the European Union, Brussels, 20 April 2004,COM (2004) 257 final.
Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parlia-ment. Recommendation of the European Commission on Turkey’s progress to-wards accession, Brussels, 6 October 2004,COM (2004) 656 final.
Communication from the Commission. The Fundamental Rights Agency. Public consultation document, Brussels, 25 October 2004,COM (2004) 693 final.
Other Documents Adopted by the Commission
Commission information sheet: "Free movement of workers to and from the new Member States – how will it work in practice?"hURL: http://www.europa.eu.
int/comm/employment_social/free_movement/docs/pr_en.pdfi, site last vis-ited on 26 February 2005.
Europe and the challenge of enlargement, [1992]Bull. EC, Supplement 3/92.
"Commission proposes new framework agreement with Australia", dated 31 Janu-ary 1996, Commission Press Release Nr DN: IP/96/100.
Agenda 2000, "For a Stronger and Wider Union", Document drawn up on the basis of COM(97) 2000 final, [1997]Bull. EU, Supplement 5/97.
Regular Report from the Commission on Bulgaria’s Progress towards Acces-sion 1998, dated 4 November 1998, all CommisAcces-sion Regular Reports on Can-didate States are available on the Commission enlargement website hURL:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/candidate.htmi, site last visited on 26 February 2005.
Regular Report from the Commission on Cyprus’ Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Czech Republic’s Progress towards Ac-cession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Estonia’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Hungary’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Lithuania’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Poland’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Romania’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovakia’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovenia’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Turkey’s Progress towards Accession 1998, dated 4 November 1998.
Regular Report from the Commission on Bulgaria’s Progress towards Accession, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Cyprus’ Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 6 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Czech Republic’s Progress towards Ac-cession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Estonia’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 6 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Hungary’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Lithuania’s Progress towards Accession, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Malta’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Poland’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Romania’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovakia’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovenia’s Progress towards Accession, dated 13 October 1999.
Regular Report from the Commission on Turkey’s Progress towards Accession 1999, dated 13 October 1999.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, February 2000, issued by the European Commission External Relations DG.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, October 2000, issued by the European Commission External Relations DG.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, July–August 2000, is-sued by the European Commission External Relations DG.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, September 2000, issued by the European Commission External Relations DG.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, December 2000, issued by the European Commission External Relations DG.
Regular Report from the Commission on Bulgaria’s Progress towards Accession, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Cyprus’ Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Estonia’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Hungary’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Lithuania’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Malta’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Poland’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Romania’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovakia’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovenia’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on the Czech Republic’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Regular Report from the Commission on Turkey’s Progress towards Accession 2000, dated 8 November 2000.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, February 2001, issued by the European Commission External Relations DG.
Regular Report from the Commission on Bulgaria’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1744.
Regular Report from the Commission on Cyprus’ Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1745.
Regular Report from the Commission on Estonia’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1747.
Regular Report from the Commission on Hungary’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1748.
Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1749.
Regular Report from the Commission on Lithuania’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1750.
Regular Report from the Commission on Malta’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1751.
Regular Report from the Commission on Poland’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1752.
Regular Report from the Commission on Romania’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1753.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovakia’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1754.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovenia’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1755.
Regular Report from the Commission on the Czech Republic’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1746.
Regular Report from the Commission on Turkey’s Progress towards Accession 2001, Brussels, dated 13 November 2001, SEC(2001) 1756.
Monthly Review on Human Rights and Democratisation, January–February 2002.
Regular Report from the Commission on Bulgaria’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1400.
Regular Report from the Commission on Cyprus’ Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1401.
Regular Report from the Commission on Estonia’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1402.
Regular Report from the Commission on Hungary’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1404.
Regular Report from the Commission on Latvia’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1405.
Regular Report from the Commission on Lithuania’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1406.
Regular Report from the Commission on Malta’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1407.
Regular Report from the Commission on Poland’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1408.
Regular Report from the Commission on Romania’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1409.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovakia’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1410.
Regular Report from the Commission on Slovenia’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1411.
Regular Report from the Commission on the Czech Republic’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1402.
Regular Report from the Commission on Turkey’s Progress towards Accession 2002, Brussels, dated 9 October 2002, SEC(2002) 1412.
Resolutions by the European Parliament
Resolution on the protection of minority rights and human rights in Romania.
Published in the minutes of 13 July 1995, based on Document No. B4-1025/95 Final Edition.
Resolution on the need to respect human and democratic rights in the Slovak Re-public, B4-1366, 1381, 1397 and 1412/95. Published in the minutes of 16 Novem-ber 1995, based on Document No. C4-0220/95 Final Edition.
European Parliament, Resolution on the enlargement of the European Union.
Published in the minutes of 5 September 2001, based on Document No. B5-0538/2001 Final Edition.
European Parliament motion for a resolution on a "European Democracy Fund", PE 153.155/fin, [1992]OJ C150.
Resolution on Nigeria, [1996]OJ C362/261.
Resolution on Nigeria, [1996]OJ C166/200.
Resolution on Nigeria, [1998]OJ C14/204.
Miscellaneous EU Documents
Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Human Rights, adopted by the Foreign Ministers’
meeting in political cooperation in Brussels on 21 July 1986, 7-8Bull EC(1986) at 100, point 2.4.4.
Joint Declaration of Canada, the European Community and its Member States of 22 November 1990, [1990]Bull. EC 91–93.
Joint Declaration of the United States, the European Community and its Member States of 22 November 1990, [1990]Bull. EC 90–91.
Joint Declaration published at the end of the European Community–Japan summit meeting in the Hague on 18 July 1991, [1991]7/8 Bull. EC 109–110.
New Transatlantic Agenda and accompanying EU–US Joint Action Plan of December 1995, adopted at the EU–US Summit in Madrid on 3 December 1995, the document can be found on the Commission websitehURL: http://www.
europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/i, site last visited on 28 March 2005.
Joint Declaration of Canada, the European Community and its Member States, [1996]12 Bull. EU 120.
Joint Declaration on relations between the European Union and Australia, [1997]
6 Bull. EU 117–118 The declaration was reviewed in April 2003 and adopted for the next five years.
Report of the Comité des Sages, Leading by Example: A Human Rights Agenda for the European Union for the Year 2000, European University Institute, Florence 1998.
Transatlantic Economic Partnership, adopted at the London EU–US Summit of 18 May 1998 hURL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/external_relations/us/
economic_partnership/trans_econ_partner_11_98.htmi, site last visited on 10 March 2005.
Joint Assembly of the Convention concluded between the African, Carribean and Pacific states and the European Community, (ACP–EU). Resolution on the Situ-ation in Nigeria (ACP–EU 2717/99/fin.), [1999]OJ C271/52.
Anna Diamantopoulou, the European Commissioner responsible for employment and social affairs.The European Social Model and Enlargement.SPEECH/00/235, Istanbul 23 June 2000.
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, adopted on 7 December 2000 as a political declaration, [2000]OJ C364/1.
Court of Auditors, Special Report No 12/2000 on the management by the Com-mission of European Union support for the development of human rights and democracy in third countries, together with the Commission’s replies, [2000]OJ C230/1.
Margit Wallström, the European Commissioner for Environment. Speech/00/77 Addressing Members of the Polish Parliament, 9 March 2000.
Martti Ahtisaari/Jochen A. Frowein/Marcelino Oreja, Report on Austria, adop-ted in Paris on 8 September 2000 hURL: http://www.mpiv-hd.mpg.de/de/
Bericht-EU/report.pdfi, site last visited on 28 March 2005.
Margit Wallström, the European Commissioner for Environment.EU–Russia En-vironmental Challenges.Speech/01/213 given in Moscow on 11 May 2001.
Synthesis Report on EC activities in the field of human rights, democracy and good governance, Synthesis Note, 10 August 2001, prepared by Emery Brus-set, Emma Achilli and Christine Tiberghien, submitted to Evaluation Unit
of the EuropeAid Co-operation Office hURL: http://europa.eu.int/comm/
europeaid/evaluation/reports/sector/951613_synth.pdfi, site last visited on 30 December 2004.
Final report of Working Group II of the Convention on the relationship between the ECHR and the Charter, Brussels, 22 October 2002, [2002]CONV 354/02, WG II 16 hURL: http://european-convention.eu.int/doc_wg.asp?lang=ENi, site last visited on 8 January 2005.
Decision of the European Ombudsman on complaint 406/2003/(PB)IJH (Con-fidential) against the European Parliament, reported in the Annual Report of the European Ombudsman 2003hURL: http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/
report03/pdf/en/rap03_en.pdfi, site last visited on 7 January 2005.
Draft of Arts. 1 to 16 of the Constitutional Treaty, Brussels 6 February 2003, [2003]
CONV528/03.
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on Belarus, Brus-sels 27 September 2004, 12735/04 (Presse 274).
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the death pen-alty in Indonesia, Brussels 11 August 2004, 11881/04 (Presse 244).
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the outcome of the Appeal by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Brussels 15 September 2004, 12330/1/04 Rev 1 (Presse 259).
Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the sentences of seven opposition leaders in Azerbaijan, Brussels 26 November 2004, 15322/04 (Presse 341).
Provisional consolidated version of the draft Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, Brussels, 25 June 2004.
The European Community’s Development Policy – Statement by the Council and the CommissionhURL: http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/development/
body/legislation/docs/council_statement.pdf#zoom=100i, site last visited on 26 February 2005.
Documents Adopted by the Council of Europe
Human Rights Commission (Council of Europe)H. v. Norway1992, 17004/90, De-cision of 19 May 1992, 73D.R.155.
Council of Europe, 14th Cycle of Supervision of the European Social Charter, the United Kingdom, Committee of Experts, Conclusions XIV-2, (1998).
Press Release 945 issued by the Court Registrar, "Chamber Judgments Concern-ing Italy and Poland", of 11 December 2001hURL: http://www.echr.coe.int/
Eng/Press/2001/Dec/11Dec2001judsepress.htmi, site last visited on 2 Febru-ary 2003.
"Council of Europe leaders welcome the signing of EU Constitution", Press Re-lease of 29 October 2004, available at the Council of Europe website hURL:
http://www.coe.inti, site last visited on 22 January 2005.