After more than 30 years of discussion, negotiations between the Council of Europe and the European Union on the EU's accession to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) have resulted in a Draft Accession Agreement. This will allow the EU to accede to the Convention within the next couple of years. As a consequence, the EU will become subject to the external judicial supervision of an international treaty regime. Individuals will also be entitled to submit applications, alleging that their fundamental rights have been violated by legal acts rooted in EU law, against the EU directly to...