Turin Forum on Social Rights in Europe
The Forum was an opportunity to take stock of the implementation of social rights in Europe, having regard to the main challenges in the present international context and to the risks to democratic security of societies in which these fundamental rights are not fully guaranteed.
General information
Date: Friday 18 March 2016 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m.
Location: Aula Magna of the University of Turin - Cavallerizza reale - Turin, Italy
Organisers: Council of Europe, City of Turin, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Programme
Welcome
Keynote speeches
Debate
Interventions of:
Andrey ISAEV, Vice-President of the State Duma, Russian Federation
Angelo FARRUGIA, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malta
Giuseppe PALMISANO, President of the European Committee of Social Rights, Council of Europe
Debates moderated by Maurizio MOLINARI, Editor-in-Chief of the daily newspaper "La Stampa"
Ceremony for the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the Revised European Social Charter by Greece
Press Conference
Participants:
Gabriella BATTAINI-DRAGONI, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Elide TISI, Deputy Mayor of Turin - Responsible for Social policies and Housing
Cesare DAMIANO, Chairperson of the Committee on Public and Private Sector Employment, Italian Chamber of Deputies
Michele NICOLETTI, President of the Italian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Press conference moderated by Giuseppe ZAFFUTO, Spokeperson, Directorate of Communication, Council of Europe
Documents & events
- Programme
- Ceremony for the deposit of the instrument of ratification of the Revised European Social Charter by Greece
- List of participants (bilingual document English / French - provisional version) Possible comments on the list can be sent to the following email address: turin2@coe.int on 15 June 2016 at the latest.
- Press Release
- Official speeches and interventions of the Interparliamentary Conference on the European Social Charter and the Turin Forum on Social Rights in Europe
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The European Committee of Social Rights publishes its Conclusions on Labour Rights
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