Table of Contents:
Justice, freedom and security
Outline of the Community (European Union) legislation about Justice, freedom and security
Topics
These categories group together and put in context the legislative and non-legislative initiatives which deal with the same topic.
Justice, freedom and security
The area of freedom, security and justice was created to ensure the free movement of persons and to offer a high level of protection to citizens. It covers policy areas that range from the management of the European Union’s external borders to judicial cooperation in civil and criminal matters. It includes asylum and immigration policies, police cooperation, and the fight against crime (terrorism, organised crime, trafficking in human beings, drugs, etc.).
The creation of the area of freedom, security and justice is based on the Tampere (1999-04), Hague (2004-09) and Stockholm (2010-14) programmes. It derives from Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which regulates the “Area of freedom, security and justice”.
Justice, freedom and security Contents
- Free movement of persons, asylum and immigration: The Schengen area and cooperation, Schengen Information System, Free movement of European citizens within the Union, Penetrating external borders, Visas, Asylum, Immigration, Rights of non-EU country nationals, Illegal immigration, Return, Relations with non-EU countries
- Judicial cooperation in civil matters: Civil and commercial rights, European contract law, Law applicable to contractual obligations, Non-contractual obligations, Judicial network in criminal and civil matters, Jurisdiction, Recognition and enforcement of decisions, Maintenance obligations
- Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: Eurojust, European network of points of contact, Mutual recognition, European arrest warrant, War crimes
- Police and customs cooperation: Police cooperation, Europol, Maintaining public order and safety, Customs cooperation, Agreements with non-EU countries
- Citizenship of the Unión: Active citizenship of the Union, Municipal elections: the right to vote and to stand, European elections: the right to vote and to stand, Diplomatic and consular protection
- Combating discrimination: Combating racism, xenophobia and antisemitism, Gender equality, Social measures for target groups
- Fight against terrorism: Prevention, Finance, Protection, Pursuit, Response, Access to and exchange of information, Action plans
- Fight against organised crime: Fight against organised crime, Prevention of criminality, Gun running, Cybercrime, Money laundering, Environmental protection, Economic and financial criminality
- Fight against trafficking in human beings: Experts group on trafficking in human beings, Child protection, Protection of women
- Combating drugs: Anti-drug strategy, Drug trafficking, Drug production
- Justice, freedom and security: enlargement: Enlargement, Applicant countries and the Community acquis
See also
Fundamental rights within the European Union
Fight against fraud