The complaint was registered on 2  January 2024. It relates to Articles 1 (the right to work), 4 (the right to a fair remuneration), 12 (the right to social security) and 30 (the right to protection against poverty and social exclusion) of the revised European Social Charter.  CUB alleges that Italy is in breach of the aforementioned provisions of the Charter, by failing to provide for any form of universal basic income or legal minimum wage level, despite the high rates of poverty and social exclusion among the population, as well as an increasing number of workers with an income below the poverty threshold.   

​​ Case-document No. 1, Complaint registered on 2 January 2024 (Original in Italian)  

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

 Case-document No. 3, CUB's response to the Government's observations on admissibility    

 Case-document No. 4, Reply from the Government to CUB's response on admissibility   

 Case-document No. 5, Submissions of the Government on the merits 

The European Committee of Social Rights declared the complaint admissible on 2 December 2024.

 Decision on admissibility of the Complaint No. 234/2024