European Commission

Article 3 of the Treaty of Rome 1957 , specifies in respect of the European Community that , the activities of the Community shall include . a policy in the sphere of development cooperation . The objective of this developmental cooperation is to include the sustainable economic and social development of developing countries and thereby bring about the smooth and gradual integration of developing countries into the world economy . In this manner , it is hoped the EC will contribute to the development and consolidation of democracy , and promote human rights and fundamental freedom

In modern constitutions

the democratic principle is well-established This principle illustrates the manner in which citizens involve themselves in public discussions , collective decision-making and lawmaking through a set of rights and procedures like the freedom of speech and assembly , to eligibility and voting rights . These constitutional rights , and their related organizations and procedures can be viewed as means to establish the public autonomy of the individual

The EU constitutional has materialized through the aegis of consecutive changes to the treaty and through the jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice or the ECJ . The measured increase in the autonomy of the legal of the Community is amply demonstrated by this process , which has at last acquired achieved a measure of legal sovereignty . The ECJ , in its rulings , has all along emphasized the principles of supremacy and direct effect . The EU law 's principle of `direct effect ' has an overwhelmingly powerful affect on the Member States of the European Union

The European Union has been more and more influenced by the European system of rights , multiple sources that have provided common constitutional traditions of the Member States , the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR ) and the European Court of Justice 's own adoption of constitutional principles and practices

The European Court of Justice has progressively and more frequently justified its claims to judicial competence in respect of human rights however this has been restricted to the EU 's sphere of competence only In this manner the EU has accorded a great deal of importance to fundamental rights , which it considers as being important enough to be accorded the status of a founding principle of Union law

The EU is democratically deficient as it depends to a major extent on judge-made law . Further , it has been formulated in the absence of a fully-fledged constitution making process , depending therefore to some extent on the rulings of the Court , and on the effects and outcomes resulting from successive treaty changes forged by executive officials within the European Council framework . These amendments to the treaty have been brought about in an intergovernmental and closed manner . In addition , this process of amendments are more concerned with and relate to the interest of the member states and do not have much of a relevance to the rights of citizens

It is clearly evident that the EU is deficient in terms of the rights that it offers . This is applicable not only to the range of rights...