The meaning and the scope of the guaranteed rights are determined not only by the text of those instruments, but also by the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and by the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Cinntear brí agus raon feidhme na gceart arna ráthú, ní hamháin le téacs na n-ionstraimí sin ach freisin le cásdlí na Cúirte Eorpaí um Chearta an Duine agus Chúirt Bhreithiúnais an Aontais Eorpaigh.