The complaint was registered on 22 June 2009. The complainant organisations allege that the situation in Belgium is not in conformity with the rights laid down in Article 6§4 (right to strike) of the Revised Charter. They believe that judicial intervention in social conflicts in Belgium, in particular concerning restrictions imposed on the action of picket line, violate this provision.

• Case document no. 1, Complaint registered at the Secretariat on 22 June 2009  
• Case document no. 2, Observations of the Government on admissibility (French only)
• Case document no. 3, Written submissions of the Government on the merits
• Case document no. 4, Observations of the Organisation internationale des employeurs (OIE)  
• Case document no. 5, Observations from Finland 
• Case document no. 6, Response from ETUC, CGSLB, CSC and FGTB to the written submissions of the Government on the merits  

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 8 December 2009.

The European Committee of Social Rights concluded that there was a violation of Article 6§4 of the Revised Charter and transmitted its report containing its  decision on the merits of the complaint to the Parties and to the Committee of Ministers on 16 September 2011.

The Committee of Ministers adopted Resolution CM/ResChS(2012)3 on 4 April 2012.
 

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint 59/2009

 Decision on the merits of the Complaint 59/2009

 Resolution ResChS(2012)3 of the Committee of Ministers on 4 April 2012

 Findings of the European Committee of Social Rights on the follow-up of the Complaint