The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at its 1572nd meeting , on 14 October 2026, has adopted:

Recommendation CM/RecChS(2026)5, concerning the follow-up to the decision on the merits adopted on 9 September 2025 by the European Committee on Social Rights in the case European Organisation of Military Association and Trade Unions (EUROMIL) v. Ireland, Complaint No. 212/2022.

The Irish authorities will be called upon to indicate the actions taken to comply with this recommendation and redress the violations found by the European Committee of Social Rights in a report to be submitted to it in two years (i.e. by 14 October 2028). Social partners as well as national and international NGOs and National Human Rights Institutions and Equality Bodies wishing to engage with the ECSR may read more about how to do so on the following web page The Collective Complaints Procedure - Social Rights as well as in this brochure and this guide.