Processed complaints
The complaint registered on 25 April 2016, relates to Article 12 (right to social security), 16 (right to appropriate social, legal and economic protection for the family), 17 (right of children and young persons to appropriate social, legal and economic protection) taken alone or in conjunction with the non-discrimination clause set forth in Article E of the Revised European Social Charter. The complainant organisation, Equal Rights Trust (ERT), alleges that the Family Allowances for Children Act [‘FACA’], as amended on 28 July 2015, violates the above mentioned provisions.
Case document no. 1, Complaint registered on 25 April 2016
Case document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility (French only)
Case document no. 3, Submissions of the Government on the merits
Case document no. 5, Further response from the Government
The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 5 July 2016.
Decision on admissibility of Complaint No. 121/2016
Decision on the merits of Complaint No. 121/2016
Resolution CM/ResChS(2019)9 of the Committee of Ministers on 11 December 2019
Department of Social Rights
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