Indietro No. 115/2015 European Federation of Employees in Public Services (EUROFEDOP) v. Greece

The complaint was registered on 12 March 2015 and relates to Articles 1§2 (prohibition of forced labour) and 18§4 (the right of nationals to leave the country) of the 1961 Social Charter. The complainant organisation, the European Federation of Employees in Public Services (EUROFEDOP), alleges that regulations concerning the length of compulsory service imposed on Medical Officer-Doctors of the Armed Forces in Greece, pursuant to the Greek Law No 3257/2004, violate the above mentioned provisions of the 1961 Charter.

 Case Document no. 1, Complaint registered on 12 March 2015

Case Document no. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility 

 Case Document no. 3, Submissions of the Government on the merits

 Case Document no. 4, Response from EUROFEDOP to the Government's submissions on the merits 

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 9 September 2015.

The European Committee of Social Rights adopted its decision on the merits on 13 September 2017.

In its decision on the merits, the Committee concluded :

  • by 13 votes to 1, that there is no violation of Article 1§2 of the 1961 Charter;
  • unanimously, that there no violation of Article 18§4 of the 1961 Charter.

 Decision on admissibility of Complaint 115/2015

 Decision on the merits of Complaint No. 115/2015

 Resolution CM/ResChS(2017)10 of the Committee of Ministers on 13 December 2017

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