AJIL Unbound (Jan 2017)

Brexit and Acquired Rights

  • Michael Waibel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/aju.2017.98
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 111
pp. 440 – 444

Abstract

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On March 29, 2017, the U.K. Government triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) on withdrawal from the European Union following a referendum on June 23, 2016 in which 51.89 percent voted for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. As a hybrid provision, the much-discussed withdrawal provision in Article 50 TEU is part of EU law yet also anchored in public international law. Although the European Union is a unique, supranational organization that creates rights for individuals that are directly effective in national law, its member states created the European Union based on traditional treaties under international law.