Bulgaria ratified the Revised European Social Charter on 07/06/2000. Bulgaria has accepted 70 of the 98 Charter paragraphs, as well as the system of collective complaints.

Declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints: not made yet.
 

The Charter in domestic law

Automatic incorporation based on the Constitution, Article 5(4): “Any international instruments which have been ratified by the constitutionally established procedure, promulgated, and come into force with respect to the Republic of Bulgaria, shall be considered part of the domestic legislation of the country. They shall supersede any domestic legislation stipulating otherwise.”


Country factsheets

The country factsheets include detailed information on the findings of the European Committee of Social Rights when monitoring the application of the Charter at national level, as well as examples of progress in the implementation of the rights protected by the Charter.

Bulgaria factsheet


Latest Ad hoc report by Bulgaria

See previous reports in respect of Bulgaria


Latest conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)

See previous all conclusions in respect of Bulgaria (HUDOC)


Latest findings of the European Committee of Social Rights

Findings 2019 of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up to decisions on the merits in collective complaints in respect of Bulgaria.


Table of accepted and non-accepted provisions by Bulgaria

Grey = Accepted provisions

1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.1
3.2 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5 6.1 6.2 6.3
6.4 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 8.1
8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 9 10.1 10.2 10.3a 10.4 10.5 11.1 11.2
11.3 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 14.1 14.2 15.1
15.2 15.3 16 17.1 17.2 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 19.1 19.2 19.3
19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.9 19.10 19.11 19.12 20 21 22
23 24 25 26.1 26.2 27.1 27.2 27.3 28 29 30 31.1
31.2 31.3  

 

Meetings and reports on non-accepted provisions


Collective complaints procedure

Bulgaria accepted the system of collective complaints. Declaration enabling national NGOs to submit collective complaints: not made yet.

Back No. 125/2016 University Women of Europe (UWE) v. Bulgaria

The complaint was registered on 24 August 2016 and relates to Articles 1(Right to work), 4§3 (Right to a fair remuneration - non-discrimination between women and men with respect to remuneration) and 20 (Right to equal opportunities and treatment in employment and occupation without sex discrimination) in conjunction with Article E (non-discrimination) of the Revised European Social Charter. The organisation complains that Bulgaria fails to observe the principle of equal pay for women and men for equal, similar or comparable work in breach of the above-mentioned provisions.

 Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 24 August 2016

 Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document no. 3, Response from the University Women of Europe to the Government's observations on admissibility

 Case-document no. 4, Further response of the Government to the observations of the University Women of Europe on admissibility

Case-document no. 5, Submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case-document no. 6, Observations by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)

 Case-document no. 7, Response from the Women University of Europe to the Government's submissions on the merits

 Case-document no. 8, Observations by EQUINET

 Case-document no. 9, Further response from the Government on the merits

 Case-document no. 10, Observations by the European Commission

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 4 July 2017.

 Decision on admissibility of Complaint 125/2016

  Recommendation CM/RecChS(2021)2 of the Committee of Ministers of 17 March 2021

Previous national reports by Bulgaria