The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at the 1378th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 10 June 2020, adopted the procedure (CM/Del/Dec(2020)1378/6.3) for filling the five seats on the European Committee of Social Rights falling vacant on 31 December 2020, with the terms for these seats beginning on 1 January 2021 and ending on 31 December 2026.
The States Parties to the European Social Charter belonging to the Groups of States concerned (see below) may submit to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, no later than 25 September 2020, the name of a candidate it deems suitable.
Two seats are vacant under Group II (Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Poland and Romania), one seat under Group III (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and United Kingdom) and two seats under Group IV (Andorra, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino and Spain).
It is recalled that there may be no more than one member of any particular nationality in the Committee.