The complaint was registered on 28 May 2020. It concerns Articles 11 (the right to protection of health), 13 (the right to social and medical assistance), 16 (the right of the family to social, legal and economic protection),17 (the right of children and young persons to social, legal and economic protection), 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion), 31§2 (the right to housing) and E (non-discrimination). The complainant organisations allege that the Greek authorities, by excluding lawyers from social support given to all “non-scientist” self-employed who were recognized as “affected” by the Covid-19 pandemic or providing inferior and inadequate social protection to them than to all other affected professional groups, has deprived lawyers of their right to work, to work in a safe environment, to the protection of their health, to social security, to social assistance, to benefit from social welfare services, to social, legal, and economic protection for their families, to social, legal, and economic protection for their children, and their right to housing in breach of the abovementioned provisions of the Charter.

 Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 28 May 2020

 Case-document No. 2, Observations by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document No. 3, Response by the Greek Bar Association to the Government's observations on admissibilty and request for immediate measures

 Case-document No. 4, Further response by the Government on admissibility

 Case-document No. 5, Additional observations by the Greek Bar Association on admissibility

 Case-document No. 6, Response by the Government to the additional observations by the Greek Bar Association on admissibility

The Committee declared the complaint inadmissible on 23 March 2021 and decided that it was not necessary to rule on the request for immediate measures.

 Decision on admissibility and on immediate measures of the Complaint No. 196/2020