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14 Colum. J. Eur. L. 509 (2007-2008)
The Two Europes of Human Rights: The Emerging Division of Tasks between the Council of Europe and the European Union in Promoting Human Rights in Europe

handle is hein.journals/coljeul14 and id is 515 raw text is: THE TWO EUROPES OF HUMAN RIGHTS: THE EMERGING DIVISION OF TASKS BETWEEN THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND THE EUROPEAN UNION IN PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPE Olivier De Schutter* This article addresses the division of tasks between the Council of Europe and the European Union in the protection offundamental rights in Europe. As part of its project to establish an area of fteedom, security, and justice, the EU has recently sought to develop a more proactive fundamental rights policy. However, in the debate on the shape of the EU's fundamental rights policy, one issue that has repeatedly surfaced is the EU's relationship with the Council of Europe, the leading regional organization for standard- setting and monitoring in the field of human rights. In particular, some have questioned whether the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality which should guide the Union's exercise of the powers it shares with the member states should take into account either the fact that the Council of Europe has already defined standards in the area of fundamental rights for the EU member states, or the fact that the forum of the Council of Europe might be better suited than the EU for the development of new standards where new problems emerge. This study is an attempt to answer this question in a rapidly changing political environment. 1. IN TRO D U CTION ........................................................................................... 5 10 II. T H E C O N TEX T ............................................................................................ 5 12 III. THE DEBATE SURROUNDING THE EU FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY ..... 517 A. Reactions within the Council of Europe to the Proposal for an EU Fundam ental Rights A gency ............................................................ 517 B. The Reality of the Duplication of Tasks between the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the Council of Europe Bodies ..... 522 1. Tw o m eanings of m onitoring ..................................................... 523 2. The EU Member States implementing Community law ............ 524 3 . T hird countries ........................................................................... 526 C . A n E valuation .................................................................................. 529 1. The risk of dividing lines in Europe ...................................... 529 2. Econom izing resources .............................................................. 530 3. The risk of weakening the European system of human rights p rotection ................................................................................... 5 32 Olivier De Schutter is Professor at the Catholic University ofLouvain (UCL) and at the College of Europe (Natolin), and a Member of the Global Law School Faculty at New York University. He is a visiting professor at Columbia University (2007 08). 509

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