Directorate-General Justice and Consumers (JUST)
This programme shall contribute to the further development of an area where equality and the rights of persons are promoted and protected. The specific objectives of the Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme are: • Increase awareness and knowledge of the law and policies, as well as the rights, values and principles on which the Union is founded; • Support the implementation and effective, comprehensive and consistent tools and policies of EU law in the Member States and their monitoring and evaluation; • Promote cross-border cooperation, increase mutual understanding and enhance mutual trust between all stakeholders; • Improve the knowledge and understanding of potential obstacles to the rights and principles enshrined in the TEU, the TFEU, the European Charter for Fundamental Rights and by international agreements to which the Union adhered.