Back No. 157/2017 European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) and Mental Disability Advocacy Centre (MDAC) v. Czech Republic

The complaint was registered on 3 October 2017. Its relates to Article 17 (right of mothers and children to social and economic protection) of the 1961 Charter Charter in the light of the principle of non-discrimination contained in the Preamble of the 1961 Charter. The complainant organisations complain that children under the age of 3, especially Roma children and children with disabilities have been routinely placed in early childhood medical care institutions. ERRC and MDAC allege that these institutions cannot be regarded as appropriate within the meaning of the above mentioned provisions of the 1961 Charter.

  Case document no. 1, Complaint registered on 3 October 2017

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

 Case document no. 3, Submissions by the Government on the merits

 Case document no. 4, Response from the complainant organisations to the Government's submissions on the merits

 Case document no. 5, Observations of the UN Special Rapporteur

 Case document no. 6, Observations by LUMOS Czech Republic

 Case document no. 7, Further response from the Government

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 23 January 2018.

The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 17 June 2020.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 157/2017

 Decision on the merits of Complaint No. 157/2017

 Recommendation CM/RecChS(2021)16 of the Committee of Ministers of 16June 2021

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