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[ Last update: 09/02/2010]
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Seminar in
Athens on the role of the European Committee of Social Rights
<03/02/2010> A Seminar on “The
role of the European Committee of Social Rights” organised by the
International Society of Labour Law and Social Security, was held in
Athens (Greece). Mr Petros STANGOS, member of the Committee, gave a
presentation of the collective complaints procedure, and Mr Régis BRILLAT,
Head of the Department of the European Social Charter, spoke of the
influence of the Committee on domestic law in the States Parties to the
Charter.
Fédération européene des Associations nationales travaillant avec les
Sans-abri (FEANTSA) v. Slovenia (Complaint no. 53/2008)
<1 February 2009> In a decision which became public
on 1 February 2010, the European Committee of Social Rights found that
reforms of the Slovenian Government in the field of housing have placed
tenants in dwellings that were restituted to their former private owners in
a precarious situation in breach of Article 31 of the Revised Charter.
Summary of
Complaint 53/2008
Decision on the
merits 53/2008
Publication of the Conclusions of the European
Committee of Social Rights
<27
January 2010>
The European Committee of Social Rights published its
Conclusions
in respect of 36 States Parties to the Charter. These Conclusions concern
the rights related to health, social security and social protection. (more
...)
Hearing on
the European Social Charter
held at the Council of States in Bern (Switzerland)
<14
January 2010> At its session of 11 January
2009, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of States held a hearing
on the European Social Charter. On this occasion, Mr Régis BRILLAT, Head of
the Department of the European Social Charter, was invited to present the
Revised Charter.
Presentation of Mr Brillat (French only)
Two collective complaints declared admissible by the European Committee of
Social Rights
<16 December 2009> It is now
possible to consult the decisions on admissiblity for Centre on Housing
Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v Italy, no. 58/2009 and for European Trade
Union Confederation (ETUC)/ Centrale Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de
Belgique (CGSLB)/ Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens de Belgique
(CSC)/ Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) v.
Belgium, no. 59/2009, on line.
In the first complaint it is alleged that Italy is in violation of Articles
16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 19
(right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance),
30 (right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) and 31 (right
to housing), read alone or in conjunction with Article E (non
discrimination) of the Revised Charter.
In the second complaint it is alleged that the situation in Belgium is not
in conformity with the rights laid down in Article 6§4 (right to strike) of
the Revised Charter.
Complaint no.
58/2009
Complaint no.
59/2009
Please consult the
page on Collective Complaints for further information.
Action Plan Seminar held in Krasnodar (Russian Federation)
<03 December 2009> Following the recent
ratification of the Revised Charter by the Russian Federation, a seminar
took place in Krasnodar from 15-16 December 2009, in order to provide
comprehensive information to the authorities of the Russian Federation with
a view to a wider application of the European Social Charter. Mr
Colm O'CINNEIDE, Vice President of the European Committee of Social Rights
and Mr Régis BRILLAT, Head of the Department of the European Social Charter attended
this seminar, as well as Ms Elena VOKACH-BOLDYREVA, Department for
International Cooperation, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the
Russian Federation.
Draft
programme
Round Table on the Social Rights of Persons of Concern to UNHCR
<08
December 2009> A Round Table entitled “The Social Rights of Refugees,
Asylum Seekers and International Displaced Persons: a comparative
perspective (1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees, European Convention of Human Rights, European Social Charter)”
organised by the UNHCR Representation to the European Institutions in
Strasbourg and the Department of the European Social Charter (Directorate
General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs) was held in Strasbourg on 7
December 2009.
More
information
Background note on the colloquy
Programme
Collective Complaints
Recent decisions on the merits
- European Roma Rights
Centre (ERRC) v. Bulgaria (No. 48/2008)
The Committee concluded that Bulgaria was in violation of the
Revised Charter.
-
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
v. Bulgaria (No. 46/2007)
The Committee concluded that Bulgaria was in violation of the Revised
Charter.
- International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS)
v. Croatia
The Committee concluded that Croatia was in
violation of the 1961 Charter.
- Sindicato dos
Magistrados do Ministério Público (SMMP) v. Portugal (No. 43/2007)
- International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) v. Ireland (No.
42/2007)
- European Council of Police Trade Unions (CESP) v. Portugal (No.
40/2007)
With regard to the above three complaints the Committee concluded that the
States Parties were not in violation of the Revised Charter.
Recent decisions on admissibility
- Confédération Française de l’Encadrement «CFE-CGC» c.
France (No. 56/2009) - admissible
- European Council of Police Trade Unions v. France (No. 57/2009) -
admissible
- Confédération générale du travail v. France (No. 55/2008) -
admissible
- European Council of Police Trade Unions (CESP) v. France (No.
54/2008) - admissible
- International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights v.
Croatia (No. 52/2008) - admissible
Recent complaints
- European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)/ Centrale Générale des
Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique (CGSLB)/ Confédération des Syndicats
chrétiens de Belgique
(CSC)/ Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB) v. Belgium
(No. 59/2009),
registered on 22 June 2009.
- Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v. Italy (No.
58/2009) registered on 29 May 2009
-
European Council of Police Trade Unions (CESP) v. France (No.
57/2009) , registered on 7 May 2009
-
Confédération Française de l’Encadrement (CFE-CGC) v. France
(No. 56/2009), registered on 4 May 2009
Adopted text
The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2009)7
with regard to the complaint International
Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Croatia (no.
45/2007) on 21 October 2009.
Consult
the Collective
Complaint webpage
for a comprehensive list of complaints and the relevant documents
Conclusions of
the European Committee of Social Rights
Adoption of Committee of Ministers resolutions
with regard to Conclusions 2007 / XVIII-2 of the European Social Charter
At the 1052nd meeting of the Ministers' Deputies, held on 25
March 2009, the Committee of Ministers adopted
Resolutions
CM/ResChS(2009)4 on the implementation of the
European Social Charter during the period 2001-2004 (Conclusions XVIII-2,
second part, “non-hard core” provisions) and
CM/ResChS(2009)5
on the implementation of the European Social Charter (revised)
during the period 2001-2004 (Conclusions 2007, "non-hard core" provisions).
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The conclusions for the European
Social Charter (revised) and the 1961 Charter may now be consulted on line
by volume and by State.
Conclusions
2008 and XIX-1
Conclusions
by State
Recent
Signatures and Ratifications

<06 November 2009> Croatia signs the Revised European
Social Charter

<16 October 2009>
Russia ratifies the Revised European
Social Charter

<14 September 2009> Serbia ratifies the European
Social Charter (revised)

<10/06/2009> Turkey ratifies the 1991
Protocol amending the European Social Charter (CETS No. 142)
<27/05/2009>
"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" signs the European Social
Charter (revised)
Table of signatures and ratifications
Accepted
provisions
Seminars, Conferences, Events
Seminars and
events in 2009
Seminars
and events in 2008
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