The complaint was registered on 12 March 2024. It relates to Articles 17§1a (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection), 12§3 (the rightto social security) , 27§1 (the right of workers with family responsibilities to equal opportunities and equal treatment) and 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) as well as Article E (non-discrimination) read in conjunction with each of these provisions of the revised European Social Charter. The complainant organisation alleges that the failure to recognise the right of single parents to accumulate 16 weeks of parental leave and 16 weeks of additional leave to care for a newborn child does not comply with the aforementioned provisions of the Charter and constitutes clear discrimination against children born into single-parent families and their mothers.

​​ Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 12 March 2024 (Original in Spanish only - translation in progress)