The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at the 1564th h meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 17 June 2026, adopted the procedure CM/Del/Dec(2026)1564/4.3 for filling the five seats on the European Committee of Social Rights falling vacant on 31 December 2026, with the terms for these seats beginning 1 January 2027 and ending on 31 December 2032.
States Parties to the European Social Charter belonging to the Groups of States concerned (see below) may submit to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, no later than 25 September 2026, the name of a candidate it deems suitable.
The vacant seats are as follows:
Group II (three seats): two seats vacant
Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
Group III (three seats): one seat vacant
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom.
Group IV (three seats): two seats vacant
Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino and Spain.
No seets are available in Group I and Group V.
It is recalled that only States Parties to the Charter may nominate candidates and there may be no more than one member of any nationality in the Committee. For the current composition of the Committee, see here : Members of the European Committee of Social Rights - Social Rights (coe.int)
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