Pending complaints
The complaint was registered on 20 March 2017. It relates to Article 17 (right of mothers and children to social and economic protection) of the European Social Charter (“the 1961 Charter”) in the light of the non-discrimination principle contained in the preamble to the 1961 Charter. The complainant organisation alleges that the Czech Republic fails to protect the rights of the group of children below the age of criminal responsibility in the juvenile justice system, i.e. children under 15 years of age, in violation of the aforementioned provisions.
Case-document no. 1, Complaint registered on 20 March 2017
Case-document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility
Case-document no. 3, Response from ICJ to the Government's observations on admissibility
Case-document no. 4, Submissions by the Government on the merits
Case-document no. 5, Response of the ICJ to the Government's submissions on the merits
Case-document no. 6, Further response from the Government on the merits
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 13 September 2017.
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 148/2017
Decision on the merits of the Complaint No. 148/2017
Recommendation CM/RecChS(2021)15 of the Committee of Minister of 16 June 2021
Department of Social Rights
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Council of Europe
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