The European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) today published its findings 2018 on the follow-up given by 8 States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy and Portugal) to decisions in the collective complaints procedure.
This procedure allows national and international trade union representations, employers’ organisations, social partners and non-governmental actors to submit to the Committee their complaints about violations of the European Social Charter, a Council of Europe treaty that safeguards day-to-day fundamental social and economic rights such as housing, health, education, employment, social protection, welfare, freedom of movement of persons, non-discrimination.
The Charter is widely regarded as the Social Constitution of Europe and represents an essential component of the continent’s human rights architecture.
