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<p>There are no plans to publish such an assessment. The Charter was not intended
to create new rights but rather to catalogue the rights that already existed in EU
law. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill sets out how this underlying law is being
converted into UK law at the point we exit the EU. <br><br>Furthermore, the Charter
is not the only source of fundamental rights. Many of the rights protected in the
Charter are not only found in EU law but are protected in domestic law and other international
instruments, such as the European Convention on Human Rights.</p><p>For example, the
right to protection of personal data (Article 8 of the Charter) is based on provisions
in the EU Treaties, the Data Protection Directive (due to be replaced by an EU Regulation)
and the respect for private life in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human
Rights (ECHR), which is given effect domestically by the Human Rights Act 1998. It
is also a general principle of EU law.</p><p> </p>
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