The complaint Unione Generale Lavoratori - Federazione Nazionale Corpo forestale dello Stato (UGL – CFS) and Sindacato autonomo polizia ambientale forestale (SAPAF) v. Italy, No. 143/2016, was registered on 9 February 2017. It relates to Articles 1 (right to work), 5 (right to organise) and 6 (right to bargain collectively) as well as Articles E (non-discrimination) and G (restrictions) of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant trade unions allege that, by applying the Legislative Decree No. 177/2016 which incorporates the State Forestry Corps into the Carabinieri Force, with the acquisition of military status, Italy deprives the State Forestry Corps of its trade union rights in violation of the above-mentioned provisions.

  Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 9 February 2017
Original in Italian

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

 Case-document no. 3, Response from UGL-CFS and SAPAF to the Government's observations on admissibility Original in Italian

 Case-document no. 4, Submissions by the Government on the merits (French only)

 Case-document no. 5, Response from UGL-CFS and SAPAF to the Government's submissions on the merits original in Italian

 Case-document no. 6, Further response from the Government on the merits (French only)

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 13 September 2017.

The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 3 July 2019.

 Decision on admissibility of Complaint 143/2017

 Decision on the merits of Complaint 143/2017

 Resolution CM/ResChS(2020)1 of the Committee of Ministers of  22 January 2020