Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security (European Commission)
- Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security (European Commission)
The Directorate-General for Justice, Freedom and Security is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The role of the DG Justice, Freedom and Security is to ensure that the whole European Union is an area of freedom, security and justice. The specific tasks and responsibilities of the DG are laid down by the Treaty of Rome (see Part Two, Articles 17-22; Part Three, Title III, Articles 39-47), the Treaty of Amsterdam which came into force on 1 May 1999 and the conclusions of the European Council meeting in Tampere (Finland) in October 1999.
The current Director-General of the DG Justice, Freedom and Security is Jonathan Faull.
tructure
The Directorate-General is organised into 17 policy units, which are divided over four directorates:
*Directorate A: General Affairs
*Directorate B: Immigration, Asylum and Borders
*Directorate C: Civil Justice, Rights and Citizenship
*Directorate D: Internal Security and Criminal Justice
ee also
*Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
*Four Freedoms
*European Court of Justice
*Court of First Instance
*European Union Civil Service Tribunal
*European Convention on Human Rights
*European Court of Human Rights
*Universal Declaration of Human Rights
*International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
*International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
*Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters
External links
* [http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/justice_home/index_en.htm DG Justice, Freedom and Security]
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