Pending complaints
The complaint was registered on 25 January 2022. It concerns Articles 11 (the right to the protection of health) and Article E (non-discrimination) in conjunction with this provision of the revised European Social Charter. OSEPI alleges that, in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, Bulgaria has failed to protect the right to protection of health of older adults and persons with underlying medical conditions, by not providing them with a priority and effective access to Covid-19 vaccines, by failing to develop a communication campaign and strategy about Covid-19 vaccines and by failing to provide guidance and training to health care staff in breach of the above-mentioned provisions of the Charter. OSEPI further requests the Committee to indicate to the Bulgarian Government immediate measures in order to avoid the irreparable harm or injury of having a significant additional number of old persons and people with health conditions in Bulgaria dying or contracting serious disease because of Covid-19 without having been vaccinated.
Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 25 January 2022
Case-document No. 3, Submissions by the Government on the merits
Case-document No. 4, Response from OSEPI to the Government's submissions on the merits
Case-document No. 5, Reply from the Government to OSEPI's response on the merits
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 18 October 2022 and unanimously decided that it was not necessary to indicate immediate measures to the Government
Decision on admissibility and immediate measures relating to the Complaint No. 204/2022
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