ABSTRACT
The term “scope of application” can mean several different things. The English language version of the Charter uses the word “scope” in the heading of two different articles: Article 51 (entitled “Scope”) and Article 52 (entitled “Scope of guaranteed rights”). In other language versions, though, very different terms are used in both articles. In Spanish, for example, Article 51 is entitled “Ámbito de aplicación” and Article 52 is called “Alcance e interpretación de los derechos y principios.” In this chapter, I will limit myself to discuss the scope of the Charter as meant by Article 51, and I will not discuss the “scope” of the single rights contained in the Charter which, taken together, form the Charter’s subject matter.
