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States Parties |
Signatures and
ratifications
47 States have signed or ratified
either the Revised Charter or the 1961
Charter.
29 out of 42
States are bound by the Revised Charter and 13
by the 1961 Charter.
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A message from
Mrs Polonca KONCAR, President of the
European Committee of Social Rights
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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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Signatures and Ratifications
Ratifications
 The Russian
Federation ratified the Revised
European Social on 16 October 2009 accepting
67 of the Revised Charter's 98 paragraphs.
It will submit its first report in
2011. Serbia ratified the Revised European Social
on 14 September 2009 accepting 88 of the Revised
Charter's 98 paragraphs. It will submit its
first report in 2011. ___________
Signatures 
Croatia signed the
Revised European Social Charter on 6 November
2009.
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Collective
Complaints: 2009 in
retrospect
The following
decisions on the merits have been
made public to date:
 European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
v. Bulgaria (No. 48/2008)
Decision: Violation of
Article 13§1 of the Revised
Charter
International
Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights v.
Croatia (INTERIGHTS) (No.
45/2007) Decision: Violation
of Article 11§2 of the 1961
Charter European Roma
Rights Centre (ERRC) v. Bulgaria (No.
46/2007) Decision: Violation
of Articles 11§1, 2 et 3, in conjunction with
Article E, and Article 13§1 of the Revised
Charter
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Confédération
française démocratique du travail (CFDT) v.
France (No. 50/2008)
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)
In
the four forementioned complaints, the
Committee concluded that there was no violation of
the Revised
Charter.
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The following
complaints were declared
admissible:
European
Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)/ Centrale
Générale des Syndicats Libéraux de Belgique
(CGSLB)/ Confédération des Syndicats chrétiens
et Belgique (CSC)/ Fédération Générale du
Travail de Belgique (FGTB) v. Belgium (No.
59/2009 Centre on
Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v. Italy (No.
58/2009) European
Council of Police Trade Unions (CESP) v. France
(No. 57/2009)
Confédération
générale du travail (CGT) v. France (No.
55/2009)
European
Council of Police Trade Unions (CESP) v.
France (No.
54/2008)
Centre on
Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) v. Croatia
(No. 52/2008)
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Reporting
System
Publication of
Conclusions 2009 (Revised Charter) and XIX-2
(2009)
(1961
Charter)
At its
239th, 240th and 241st session, the European
Committee of Social Rights adopted Conclusions
2009 (Revised Charter) and XIX-2(2009) (1961
Charter). These conclusions may now be consulted
on line by State. >>Conclusions by State
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 conclusions adopted by the
Committee will be made public by the end of
2010.
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Recent Seminars
/ Meetings - 2009
Action Plan Seminars
These seminars aim to cooperate with
States in the protection of social rights through
a wider implementation of the European Social
Charter. They aim in particular to to
promote the application of the Charter for
countries which have already ratified either the
1961 Charter or the Revised
Charter
Krasnodar (Russian
Federation), 15-16 December 2009
Vienna (Austria), 11 November
2009
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Meeting on
the Revised European Social Charter
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Other events
Hearing on the European
Social Charter at the Council of States in Bern
(Switzerland), 11 January 2010
 Presentation
of Mr Régis BRILLAT, Head of the Department of the
European Social Charter
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 Round Table on
the Social Rights of Persons of Concern to UNHCR,
Strasbourg (France), 7 December
2010
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Exchange
of views in Paris organised by the PACE Monitoring
Committee on the rights of vulnerable groups,
18 November 2009
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