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 27 September 2022 of the Ministers’ Deputies concerning the reform of the system of presentation of reports relating to the application of the European Social Charter, States Parties having accepted the collective complaints procedure, should submit a report every four years responding to questions on one of two groups of Charter provisions.

Further to this decision, the authorities of those states parties have been invited to submit a report on the first group of provisions*. The European Committee of Social Rights and the Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter and European Code of Social Security have defined a limited number of targeted questions to be answered in the report.
The deadline for submission of the report is 31 December 2025.

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 2026. 

 Questions sent to States Parties on the first group of provisions*

*First Group
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.
Second Group
Article 7 - Article 11 - Article 12 - Article 13 - Article 14 - Article 15 - Article 16 - Article 17 - Article 23 - Article 26 - Article 27 - Article 30 - Article 31.

 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.

 Review on ECSR review on Social Rights and the Cost of Living Crisis ;  pdf