Summary: The Committee monitors how States are implementing the Charter through a State reporting system and a collective complaints system.
States Parties to the European Social Charter will report to the Committee every year (on October 31) on one of four sets of thematic provisions of the Charter. In this way, each State will report on each set of provisions once every four years. The groupings are:
1. Employment, training and equal opportunities: Articles 1, 9, 10, 15, 18, 20, 24, 25
2. Health, social security and social protection: Articles 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 30
3. Labour rights: Articles 2, 4, 5, 6, 21, 26, 28, 29
4. Children, families, migrants: Articles 7, 8, 16, 17, 19, 27, 31
The following 24 States are required to submit a report for thematic Group 4 to the European Committee of Social Rights by 31 October 2010.
Albania | Armenia | Austria | Belgium | Bosnia & Herzegovina | Bulgaria | Croatia | Denmark | Finland | France | Germany | Iceland | Ireland | Italy | Malta | Netherlands | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Slovenia | Sweden | Turkey | Ukraine | United Kingdom.
Further information
European Committee of Social Rights
pdf: http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/socialcharter/ReportCalendar/Calend...