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Signatures and
ratifications
47 States have signed or ratified
either the Revised Charter or the 1961
Charter.
30 out of 43
States are bound by the Revised Charter and 13
by the 1961 Charter.
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It adopts conclusions through the framework of the
reporting procedure and decisions under the collective complaints
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European
Committee of Social
Rights
Bureau
President: Ms
Polonca KONCAR (Slovenian)
Vice-President: Mr
Andrzej SWIATKOWSKI(Polish)
Vice-President: Mr
Colm O'CINNEIDE (Irish)
Rapporteur General:
Mr Jean-Michel BELORGEY (French)
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2009
Activity Report of the
Committee
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Signatures
& Ratifications
Montenegro becomes the 30th State
to ratify the Revised Charter
On 3 March
2010 the Permanent Representative of
Montenegro, Ambassador Zoran
JANKOVIC transmitted to Thorbjorn JAGLAND
the instruments of ratification for the
Revised European Social Charter (entry into force
on 10/05/2010.
 Mrs Polonca KONCAR, President of the
European Committee of Social Rights welcomed this
ratification and commended Montenegro for its
commitment to core social rights and noted with
satisfaction that the ratification had been helped
along by good cooperation between the Montenegrin
authorities and the Council of Europe. Mrs
KONCAR expressed her hope that the four member
states that have not yet ratified the Charter
(Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino and
Switzerland) will do so in the near
future.
6 November
2009 - Croatia signs the Revised
Social Charter
16 October
2009 - Russia ratifies the
Revised Social Charter
14 September
2009 - Serbia ratifies the
Revised Social Charter
10 June 2009 -
Turkey ratifies the 1991 Amending
Protocol to the European Social
Charter
27 May 2009 -
"The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia" signs the Revised Social
Charter
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Collective
Complaints: 2010
 Public hearing -
21 June
2010  Centre on Housing
Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v. Italy (No.
58/2009) (more
information)
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Bulgaria amends its Health
Insurance and Social Assistance Acts to comply
with the Revised Social
Charter (more information)
The following decisions
on the merits have been made public
to date:
<25/05/2010> International Centre for the Legal
Protecction of Human Rights (INTERIGHTS) v. Greece
(No. 49/2008)
Decision:
Violation of Article 16 of the
Charter
<28/02/2010>
Defence for Children
International (DCI) v. the Netherlands (No.
47/2008)
Decision:
Violation of Article 31§2 and Article 17§1.c of
the Revised Charter
<27/02/2010>
European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) v. France
(No. 51/2008) Decision: Violation
of Article 31, Article 16,
Article 30, Article 19§4c in conjunction with
Article E of the Revised Charter, and Article
31§§1 and 2 of the Revised Charter.
<01/02/2010> Fédération européenne des
Associations nationales travailllant avec les
Sans-abri (FEANTSA) v. Slovenia (No.
53/2008)
Decision: Violation
of Article 31 of the Revised
Charter _____________________________________
The following complaints
were registered:
European
Roman Rights Centre v. Portugal (No.
61/2010) European
Council of Police Trade Unions (CESP) v. Portugal
(No. 60/2010)
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Reporting
System
The Estonian Parliament adopts a
law restricting the length of alternative
service
In
its Conclusions for 2006 and
2008, the
European Committee of Social Rights declared that
Estonian legislation, with regard to alternative
service, did not comply with Article
1§2 (freely undertaken work) of the
European Social Charter Revised. This
provision stipulates that the duration of
alternative service may not exceed one and a half
times the length of military service. The
Committee ruled that the length of
alternative service in Estonia was excessive
and therefore interfered with a person's right to
earn his living in an occupation freely
entered upon.
The Estonian Parliament recently passed
amendments to the Defense Forces Service Act
shortening alternative service from the
current 12-18 months to 8-12 months as of July
2010, with a view
to bringing Estonia's situation into
conformity with the Revised Charter.
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National Reports for Conclusions
2010 and X1X-3 (2010)
The national reports for the
current reporting cycle concern the following
provisions related to Thematic Group
3 (Labour
Rights): 2 (right
to just conditions of
work ), 4 (right to a
fair remuneration), 5 (right to
organise), 6 (right to
bargain collectively), 21,or
Article 2 of the Additional
Protocol (right of workers to be
informed and consulted), 22, or
Article 3 of the Additional
Protocol (right of workers to take part in
the determination and improvement of working
conditions and working
environment), 26 (right to
dignity in the workplace), 28
(right of workers' representatives to
protection in the undertaking and facilities to be
accorded to them), 29 (right to
information and consultation in procedures of
collective redundancy).
The deadline for submitting reports
was 31 October 2009.
The following States have
not submitted their reports to
date:
Iceland, Finland, Ireland and
Luxembourg
The conclusions adopted by the
Committee will be made public by the end of
2010.
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Recent Seminars
/ Meetings - 2010
Skopje ("the
Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia", Seminar in
preparation of the ratification of the Revised
Charter, 15 April 2010
Belgrade
(Serbia)
Seminar to assist in the elaboration of the
first report, 24 March
2010
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Other
events
 The European Committee of
Social Rights (ECSR) held an exchange of views
with the President of the Court of
Justice of the European Union, Mr Vassilios
Skouris in the presence of the President of the
European Court of Human Rights, Mr Jean-Paul
Costa, Strasbourg (France) 15 March 2010
(more)
 International
Conference in Warsaw (Poland) on extreme poverty
and human rights, organised by
ATD 4th World, 24-25 May 2010
 Conference on
Housing Rights organised by
FEANTSA, in Barcelona (Spain), 6 May
2010
 Workshop
organised by the European Roma Rights
Centre (ERRC) to take stock of
and follow up decisions taken by the European
Committee of Social Rights since 2006,
in which Bulgaria was found to be in
violation of the Revised Charter, Sofia
(Bulgaria), 4 March 2010
Conference
on the role of the European Committee of Social
Rights organised by the Bar Association and
the International Society of Labour Law and Social
Security, Athens (Greece), 3 February
2010.
Meetings with legal
professionals
 Study
visit for members and judges of the Constitutional
Court of Ukraine, 16
June 2010, Strasbourg
Study
visit for members and judges of the
Constitutional Court of
Turkey, 19-20
May 2010,
Strasbourg
Round
Table on enhancing the role of the
supreme judicial authorities in respect of
European standards, Ankara (Turkey), 14-16
April 2010.
Two training sessions
for legal professionals in
Russia
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Training for prosecutors, St Petersburg, 2-3 June
2010
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Training for lawyers, Ufa, 11 to 12 February
2010
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Affairs
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