Reiterates the importance of European Union internal policy promoting adherence to international human rights law and the need for Member States to legislate in a way consistent with, inter alia, the obligations arising out of the Geneva Conventions and the Additional Protocols thereto, the Convention against Torture, the Genocide Convention and the Rome Statute; welcomes the progress made in the application of universal jurisdiction in some Member States; in pursuit of greater coherence of internal and external policies, encourages the Council, the Commission and the Member States to incorporate the fight against impunity for serious ...[+++]international crimes in the development of a common European Union area of freedom, security and justice;

The Charter does not affect in any way the right of Member States to legislate in the sphere of public morality, family law, as well as the protection of human dignity and respect for human physical and moral integrity.

The Charter does not affect in any way the right of Member States to legislate in the sphere of public morality, family law, as well as the protection of human dignity and respect for human physical and moral integrity.

In other words, either a criminal law provision specific to the matter in hand is needed to ensure the effectiveness of Community law, and it is adopted under the first pillar only, or there does not appear to be a need to resort to the criminal law at Union level - or there are already adequate horizontal provisions - and specific legislation is not introduced at European level.

Aggressive practices concern conduct which was already covered by other legislation in the Member States, including contract and criminal law.

The quality of legislation drafting, which was the subject of the Commission communication Better lawmaking, [2] is of vital importance, influencing both the capacity of Member States to implement Community law and the effectiveness of Community legislation and its monitoring by Community institutions.