Justice, fundamental rights and citizenship policies are based on Europeans’ core values and principles – freedom, democracy, the rule of law, equality, tolerance, and respect of human rights. The Directorate-General for Justice’s overriding mission is to build a European Area of Justice...

This report lays out the work and performance of DG JUST in in 2018, the final full year before the end of the current Commission mandate. It covers a wide range of activities in the areas of civil and commercial justice, criminal justice, fundamental rights and the rule of law, Equality and...

The policies of DG Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) guarantee the fundamental rights and freedoms of EU citizens in a Union of rule of law and democracy as well as their rights to participate in the internal market. In 2017 the DG has continued to deliver on its work programme in a timely manner....

The EU citizens are at the heart of DG Justice and Consumers' policies which guarantee their fundamental rights and freedoms as well as their rights to participate in the internal market in a Union of rule of law and democracy. In 2016 the DG has continued to deliver on the DG's work programme...

It is widely recognised that the enlargement of the European Union to ten new member states in May 2004 represents great institutional and political challenges both for the u0091oldu0092 and u0091newu0092 member states. The EU has tried already three times to prepare its decision-making...

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide policy-makers and managers of the Commission’s relevant external co-operation Services as well as other relevant DGs (such as DG Trade and DG Environment), and the EC Delegations in Chisinau and Kiev, with an independent assessment of the EC...

The use of modern electronic technology in the field of justice is in constant development: from the mere access to information on laws via the internet to the possibility of electronic communication between persons involved in court proceedings, there is a wide range of possibilities for using...