The complaint registered on 17 April 2007 relates to Article 12§1, 2, 3 (the right to social security) of the Revised European Social Charter. It is alleged that staff of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Portugal are excluded from the Social Welfare Service of the Ministry of Justice (Legislative Decree No. 212/2005 of 9 December 2005)

• Case document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 17 April 2007
• Case document no. 2, Letter from the Government on the admissibility
• Case document no. 3, Written submissions from the Government
• Case document no. 4, Response of the SMMP to the Government’s written submissions on the merits

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 16 October 2007.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was no violation of Article 12§3 and transmitted  its report containing its decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 9 December 2008.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2009)2 on 21 January 2009.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 43/2007

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 43/2007

 Resolution ResChS(2009)2 of the Committee of Ministers on 21 January 2009