How is the European Social Charter implemented in Bulgaria?
Krassimira Sredkova, Chair of the Bulgarian Association of Labour Law and Social Insurance of Bulgaria and former member of the European Committee of Social Rights, makes an overview of the legislative, administrative and financial measures taken by Bulgaria to ensure the implementation of the European Social Charter at national level.
Bulgaria has ratified the Revised European Social Charter in 2000 and pursuant to Article 5(4) of the Constitution, the provisions of the Charter ratified have become “part of the international acts that are directly effective in Bulgaria and that have priority over any current domestic legislative acts that may conflict with them”. Despite this, the Charter is not always taken into account when new legislative acts are proposed, observes Kassimira Sredkova.
Paper by Krassimira Sredkova 