Conclusions, Findings and Ad Hoc Reports
The European Committee of Social Rights adopts ‘conclusions’ in respect of national reports submitted by States Parties and ‘decisions’ in respect of collective complaints lodged by entitled organisations. A summary of the interpretation given by the European Committee of Social Rights to each of the provisions of the European Social Charter can be found in the Digest of the case law of the European Committee of Social Rights.
More information on the European Committee of Social Rights can be found in its Rules and on the relevant page of the European Social Charter’s website.
In accordance with the decision of the Ministers’ Deputies adopted on 27 September 2022 concerning the new system for the presentation of reports under the European Social Charter, the next ordinary report from the States Parties on the accepted provisions of the Charter concerns one half of the Charter provisions (Group 1)* and is due by 31 December 2024.
Trade unions, employers’ organisations, non-governmental organisations, national human rights institutions and national equality bodies will submit their comments on national reports for this cycle by 30 June 2025.
Questionnaire
*Group 1
Article 1 - Article 2 - Article 3 - Article 4 - Article 5 - Article 6 - Article 8 - Article 9 - Article 10 - Article 18 - Article 19 - Article 20 - Article 21 - Article 22 - Article 24 - Article - 25 - Article 28 - Article 29.
In the framework of the reporting procedure, the States Parties to the collective complaints procedure submit reports on follow-up to decisions in complaints every other year. In 2023, the European Committee of Social Rights examined reports submitted by Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal by the deadline of 31 December 2022 and will publish its Findings 2023 on the basis of these reports and any other relevant information in March 2024.
Findings 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Following the decision of the Ministers’ Deputies of 27 September 2022, States Parties to the complaints procedure will, as from 2024, submit only one single report on follow-up to decisions in complaints (with a deadline two years after the adoption of the Committee of Ministers’ recommendation in respect of the decision concerned).
Pursuant to the decision of the Ministers’ Deputies of 27 September 2022 , the European Committee of Social Rights and the Governmental Committee in 2023 decided to request an ad hoc report on the cost-of-living crisis to all States Parties.
To assist the States Parties in drawing up these reports, the European Committee of Social Rights addressed to them a set of specific questions concerning the cost-of-living crisis:
Questions to State Parties on ad hoc reports concerning the cost of living crisis.
The deadline for States Parties for submitting the ad hoc reports was 31 December 2023.
Third party organisations have been invited to submit additional information to ECSR on ad hoc reports on the cost-of-living crisis by 30 June 2024
Latest Conclusions
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights 2023 (Children, Family and Migrants)
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights 2022 (Labour rights)
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights 2021 (Health, social security and social protection)
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social RIghts 2020 (Employment, training and equal opportunities)
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights 2019 (Children, family and migrants)
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights 2018 (Labour rights)
Conclusions on HUDOC
The HUDOC Database of the European Social Charter allows users to make an in-depth research on the conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights in the framework of the Reporting System, as well as on Resolutions and Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers in the framework of the follow-up procedure.
Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights on HUDOC
Resolutions and Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on HUDOC
Decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights
Digest of Decisions and Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights
The Digest presents the interpretation that the European Committee of Social Rights has made of the different articles of the European Social Charter. The current version, dated 2021, is the most recent one. In the Appendix, relevant abstracts, decisions and conclusions of the Committee could be found.
Digest of Decisions and Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights
HUDOC-ESC database provides access to the Decisions and Conclusions of the European Committee of Social Rights (Decisions adopted by the Committee in the framework of the Collective Complaints procedure and follow-up of the decisions by the Committee of Ministers; Conclusions adopted by the Committee in the framework of the Reporting System and follow-up of the Conclusions by the Committee of Ministers).
Digest du CEDS