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Back No. 172/2018 Finnish Society of Social Rights v. Finland

The complaint was registered on 17 September 2018. It relates to Article 12§§1 and 3 (right to social security) and 13§1 (right to social and medical assistance) of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant organisation alleges that, by keeping the level of basic social security benefits and social assistance too low following the legislative changes introduced since 2015, Finland violates the aforementioned provisions of the Charter.

Case Document No. 1, Complaint registered on 17 September 2018

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

Case document No. 3, Response from the FSSR to the Government's observations on admissibility

Case document No. 4, Further response from the Government on admissibility

Case document No. 5, Submissions by the Government on the merits

Case document No. 6, Response by FSSR to the Government's submissions on the merits

Case document No. 7, Further response by the Government

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 11 September 2019.

Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 172/2018

Decision on the merits of the Complaint No. 172/2018

Recommendation CM/RecChS(2023)1 adopted by the Committee of Ministers of 14 June 2023

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