Turin Process: relevant events
Two reports of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe mention the European Social Charter
Two reports of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe mention the European Social Charter
Both reports call for a Fourth Summit of Council of Europe Heads of State and Government, which should be an opportunity for reaffirming the need to strengthen the intergovernmental co-operation of the Council of Europe and its convention-based system, including the European Social Charter. In...
Towards the establishment of a European Union’s “European Pillar of Social Rights”
The European Commission adopted a proposal to establish a “European Pillar of Social Rights” on 26 April 2017. This document sets out 20 principles and rights to support fair and well-functioning labour markets and welfare systems. It is designed as a compass for a renewed process of upward...
“Turin Process”: film on the European Social Charter
The Council of Europe has produced this film with the aim of promoting the European Social Charter. This is a new way of communicating about human rights. The film demonstrates how the implementation of the Charter contributes to the quality of people’s everyday life. It shows this through images...
Report of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the "Turin Process"
On the occasion of its 27th Session (Strasbourg, 26-30 June 2017), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe examined a Report on “The Turin process: reinforcing social rights in Europe”. The report was presented on 30 June by Ms Sílvia Eloïsa Bonet (Andorra), Rapporteur. On the basis...
The European Commission adopts its European Pillar of Social Rights
The European Commission adopted its proposal for the “European Pillar of Social Rights”. This pillar sets out 20 principles and rights to support fair and well-functioning labour markets and welfare systems. It is designed as a compass for a renewed process of upward convergence towards better...
The two constitutions of Europe: integrating social rights in the new economic architecture of the EU
A recent study, conducted by Prof. Olivier De Schutter and Paul Dermine, shows that new tools of socio-economic governance in the EU are almost entirely silent on the need to avoid that efforts aiming at economic convergence shall not lead to making it more difficult or impossible for the EU...
The Conference of INGOs adoped a declaration on the European Social Charter
On the occasion of its last plenary meeting, the Council of Europe’s Conference of International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) adopted the Declaration "The European Social Charter is central to the dialogue between the Council of Europe and the European Union”. This document refers to...
European Parliament Resolution of the on the European Pillar of Social Rights
The European Parliament, following on a motion approved by its Committee on Employment and Social Affairs - based on a report prepared by Ms Maria João Rodrigues, Rapporteur - adopted a Resolution on the European Pillar of Social Rights. The Resolution explicitly refers “the European Social...
Conference on social rights in today’s Europe: the role of domestic and European courts
The Conference (Programme) is organised by the Supreme Court of Cyprus and the Council of Europe in the framework of the Cypriot Chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers (22 November 2016 - 19 May 2017). Bearing in mind the objectives of the Turin process for the European...
Secretary General’s Opinion on the European Pillar of Social Rights
Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland has published today his Opinion on the European Union initiative to establish a European Pillar of Social Rights. In his letter to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, Council of Europe Secretary General highlighted the fact that this...
Turin II events: publication of the official speeches and interventions
The official speeches and interventions of the Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter and the Turin Forum on Social Rights in Europe, held in Turin on 17 and 18 March 2016, have been published. The book is a collection of different speeches delivered during the two events,...
20 years of the revised European Social Charter: colloquium on Italy's contribution to the protection of social rights in Europe
The 20th anniversary of the revised European Social Charter occurs in a period of major challenges for the implementation of social rights in Europe. The economic crisis and the austerity measures, as well as the unemployment of young people, the influx of immigrants, the increase of xenophobic...
Seminar on the collective complaints procedure under the European Social Charter
The Department of the European Social Charter organises, in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs of Serbia, a seminar on the Collective complaints procedure for representatives of different Serbian institutions working on social rights. The objective of...
Exchange of views between the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Committee of Social Rights
The European Committee of Social Rights held an exchange of views with the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Koen Lenaerts, on 20 October 2016, on issues of mutual interest, in particular recent developments in the case law of the two bodies. The exchange followed on...
Position paper of ETUC on the European Pillar of Social Rights
Following widespread consultation, and debate in the Executive Committee, ETUC has drawn up a position paper on the EU Pillar of Social Rights. The paper sets out the ETUC’s observations and recommendations on the EU Pillar of Social Rights at the halfway point of the consultation process and...
The European Social Charter: a “sustainable common path for peoples and states” says Greek Prime Minister
The solution is “a new social contract” which would strengthen democracy and combat inequality, declared yesterday the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, referring to the standards of the European Social Charter of the Council of Europe as a “sustainable common path for people and states”....
Report of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)
European pillar of social rights: critical legal analysis and proposals
The European Social Charter and the case-law of the European Committee of Social Rights are mentioned on several occasions in the ETUI report, emphasizing that the “European Union would be supporting full compliance with these standards [Council of Europe standards] and ensuring that the...
ILO Report on Building a Social Pillar for European convergence
The ILO Report on Building a Social Pillar for European Convergence refers on several occasions to the European Social Charter together with other national and international legal standards that protect social rights in Europe. Based on International Labour Standards, the report on ‘Building a...
European Parliament's Study on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union
The European Parliament (EP) study mentions, amongst others, the Council of Europe’s monitoring systems concerning fundamental rights and, more particularly, social rights and the European Social Charter. The study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens'...
Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter: official speeches available
The official speeches from the Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter, held in Turin on 17 March 2017, have been published online. For more information, please consult the conference web page.
The European Committee of Social Rights publishes its Conclusions on Labour Rights
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