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The dates on a dark blue background correspond to the dates of signature or ratification of the 1961 Charter; the other dates correspond to the signature or ratification of the 1996 revised Charter.

* States whose ratification is necessary for the entry into force of the 1991 Amending Protocol. In practice, in accordance with a decision taken by the Committee of Ministers, this Protocol is already applied.

X State having recognised the right of national NGOs to lodge collective complaints against it.
 

Member States Signatures Ratifications Acceptance of collective complaint procedure  
Albania 21/09/1998 14/11/2002    
Andorra 04/11/2000 12/11/2004    
Armenia 18/10/2001 21/01/2004    
Austria 07/05/1999 20/05/2011    
Azerbaïjan 18/10/2001 02/09/2004    
Belgium 03/05/1996 02/03/2004 23/06/2003  
Bosnia and Herzegovina 11/05/2004 07/10/2008    
Bulgaria 21/09/1998 07/06/2000 07/06/2000  
Croatia 06/11/2009 26/02/2003 26/02/2003  
Cyprus 03/05/1996 27/09/2000 06/08/1996  
Czech Republic 04/11/2000 03/11/1999 04/04/2012  
Denmark * 03/05/1996 03/03/1965    
Estonia 04/05/1998 11/09/2000    
Finland 03/05/1996 21/06/2002 17/07/1998 X
France 03/05/1996 07/05/1999 07/05/1999  
Georgia 30/06/2000 22/08/2005    
Germany * 29/06/2007 29/03/2021    
Greece 03/05/1996 18/03/2016 18/06/1998  
Hungary 07/10/2004 20/04/2009    
Iceland 04/11/1998 15/01/1976    
Ireland 04/11/2000 04/11/2000 04/11/2000  
Italy 03/05/1996 05/07/1999 03/11/1997  
Latvia 29/05/2007 26/03/2013    
Liechtenstein 09/10/1991      
Lithuania 08/09/1997 29/06/2001    
Luxembourg * 11/02/1998 10/10/1991    
Malta 27/07/2005 27/07/2005    
Republic of Moldova 03/11/1998 08/11/2001    
Monaco 05/10/2004      
Montenegro 22/03/2005 03/03/2010    
Netherlands 23/01/2004 03/05/2006 03/05/2006  
North Macedonia 27/05/2009 06/01/2012    
Norway 07/05/2001 07/05/2001 20/03/1997  
Poland 25/10/2005 25/06/1997    
Portugal 03/05/1996 30/05/2002 20/03/1998  
Romania 14/05/1997 07/05/1999    
San Marino 18/10/2001      
Serbia 22/03/2005 14/09/2009    
Slovak Republic 18/11/1999 23/04/2009    
Slovenia 11/10/1997 07/05/1999 07/05/1999  
Spain 23/10/2000 17/05/2021 17/05/2021  
Sweden 03/05/1996 29/05/1998 29/05/1998  
Switzerland 06/05/1976      
Türkiye 06/10/2004 27/6/2007    
Ukraine 07/05/1999 21/12/2006    
United Kingdom * 07/11/1997 11/07/62    
Number of States 46 2 + 44 = 46 7 + 35 = 42 16  
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Back Deputy Secretary General opens Joint Workshop on family as a hub for social policies in Rome

Deputy Secretary General opens Joint Workshop on family as a hub for social policies in Rome

The Deputy Secretary General Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni will open together with the Italian Minister for Equal Opportunities and Family, Elena Bonetti the Joint Workshop on family as a hub for social policies. The event is organised by the Department for Family Policies of the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the European Social Cohesion Platform (PECS) of the Council of Europe and will take place in Rome on 9 and 10 October.

The joint workshop will be focused on the main social topics having an impact on both women and men, especially on working mothers and fathers and their children and it is divided into 4 working sessions:

  • Work-life balance and company welfare;
  • Family measures to promote the increase in the birth-rate in Europe;
  • Support services for children witnessing violence and children orphaned by domestic crimes;
  • Eradication of child poverty.

Opening remarks will also be addressed by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia, Zaruhi Batoyan; by the Minister of Social Security and Labour of Lithuania, Linas Kukuraitis and by the Minister for the Family, Children’s Rights, and Social Solidarity of Malta, Michael Falzon.

The joint workshop will be followed by the 4th meeting of the European Social Cohesion Platform*. The Platform will exchange views on the draft work plan for 2020-2021 and make proposals for future activities, it will examine the draft Declaration of the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers on Addressing Child Poverty, as well as the draft Council of Europe Revised Strategy (2020-2021) on social cohesions. In addition, the Platform will hold a discussion on the Report on Middle Class and Social Cohesion that will be presented by Prof. Paolo Graziano, the author.

* The objective of the European Social Cohesion Platform is to reinforce the intergovernmental component of the Secretary General’s strategy to enhance the Council of Europe’s work in the area of social cohesion, in particular through the promotion of the European Social Charter and its collective complaints procedure in order to ensure equal and effective access to social rights.

Rome, Italy 9-11/10/2019
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