Abstract
Two dimensions can be mentioned in the context of this year’s still dense case law on the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Firstly, the Court of Justice has consistently pointed out that, in the absence of the Union’s accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, the Charter is the reference text for the review of the legality of the Union’s acts. The Court nevertheless refers insistently to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, and even takes up some concepts specific to it. Moreover, the Court has been an increasingly been referring to the values of the European Union in relation to fundamental rights, either to reinforce these rights or to modulate their scope.