Processed complaints
The complaint, registered on 2 August 2013, relates to Article 12 (right to social security) of the European Social Charter. The complainant organisation, the Associazione Nazionale Giudici di Pace (the National Association of Justices of the Peace), alleges that Italian law does not provide any social security and welfare protection for this category of honorary Judges, in violation of the Charter provision relied on.
- Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered on 2 August 2013 / Original in Italian
- Case Document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility (French only)
- Case Document no. 3, Observations by ANGdP in reply to the Committee's questions
- Case Document no. 4, Observations by the Government in reply to the Committee's questions
- Case Document no. 5, Submissions of the Government on the merits
- Case Document no. 6, Response from ANGdP to the Government's submissions on the merits
- Case Document no. 7, Observations of Unione Nazionale Italiana Magistrati Onorari (U.N.I.M.O.)
- Case Document no. 8, Observations of Organismo Unitario della Magistratura Onoraria Unita (O.U.M.O.U.)
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 2 December 2014.
The European Committee of Social Rights adopted his decision on the merits on 6 July 2016.
In its decision on the merits, the Committee unanimously concluded:
- that there is a violation of Article E in conjunction with Article 12§1 of the Charter
Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 102/2013
Decision on the merits of the Complaint 102/2013
Resolution ResChS(2017)3 of the Committee of Ministers on 5 April 2017
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