The European Union (EU) is founded on universal values, such as respect for human dignity, freedom, equality, and solidarity. The EU is committed to fostering democracy and the rule of law by respecting the cultural diversity and traditions of European nations as well as the national identities of EU Member States by putting individuals at the heart of its agenda. The EU promotes balanced and sustainable development, free movement of people, services, goods, and capital, and freedom of establishment.
With its Cohesion Policy, the EU plays an important role in ensuring equal opportunities and improving the quality of life. In this respect, the implementation of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (Charter) and of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Convention) is key to ensuring equal opportunities and rights for all EU citizens.
EU institutions perform various actions focused on the promotion and implementation of the Charter and the Convention, aimed at different stakeholders at various levels and the tasks and functions they perform under EU law. By designing these actions, the EU has made sure that each new initiative complies with the Charter and the Convention and that, whenever certain rights are breached, a proper justification is given as to why certain measures are needed, and proportionate solutions are proposed to mitigate the potential negative impact of such measures on peoples’ rights.
To ensure that the Charter and the Convention are properly implemented and monitored within Slovenia’s Cohesion Policy Programme 2021-2027, Slovenian authorities adopted the Rules on the Implementation of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights and United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in accordance with Council Decision 2010/48/EC. The aim of adopting the Rules is to ensure that each co-financed project and programme complies with the provisions of both the Charter and the Convention.
The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights was signed on 7 December 2000. It only became legally binding on the EU with the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009. The Charter enshrines the fundamental rights people enjoy in the EU. It sets out the rights and liberties of EU citizens, such as freedom of expression and information, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, respect for private and family life, freedom of movement and of residence, prohibition of discrimination. The Charter ensures that the EU and its institutions respect the set-out rights and liberties of EU citizens in all their actions law.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol were adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 December 2006. The Convention is the first legally binding instrument with comprehensive protection of the rights of persons with disabilities. The purpose of the Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.
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