European Social Charter

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Council of Europe treaty international human rights treaty social rights treaty

The European Social Charter is a Council of Europe treaty that guarantees fundamental social and economic rights such as housing, health, education, employment, and social protection across member states.

Aliases (1)

Revised European Social Charter ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Council of Europe treaty → international human rights treaty → social rights treaty →
adoptedBy	Council of Europe →
adoptedInCity	Turin →
adoptedInCountry	Italy →
adoptionDate	1961-10-18 →
aimsTo	improve social and economic rights protection in Europe →
appliesTo	Council of Europe member states that have ratified it →
basedOn	European Convention on Human Rights (complementary) →
complianceMechanism	collective complaints procedure → state reporting system →
depositary	Secretary General of the Council of Europe →
enteredIntoForce	1965-02-26 →
fullName	European Social Charter →
guaranteesRight	right of children and young persons to protection → right of employed women to protection of maternity → right of migrant workers and their families to protection and assistance → right of persons with disabilities to independence, social integration and participation in the life of the community → right of the family to social, legal and economic protection → right to bargain collectively → right to education → right to fair working conditions → right to health → right to housing → right to organise → right to protection against poverty and social exclusion → right to safe and healthy working conditions → right to social and medical assistance → right to social security → right to strike → right to vocational guidance → right to vocational training → right to work →
hasProtocol	Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter → Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter Providing for a System of Collective Complaints → Protocol amending the European Social Charter →
hasRevisedVersion	Revised European Social Charter →
language	English → French →
legalOrder	Council of Europe →
monitoredBy	European Committee of Social Rights →
openedForSignature	1961-10-18 →
region	Europe →
shortName	ESC →
subjectMatter	economic rights → labour rights → social rights →
supervisedBy	Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe → Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
European Social Charter →	fullName
Council of Europe →	hasInstrument
European Social Charter ("Revised European Social Charter") →	hasRevisedVersion
Council of Europe →	hasTreaty
Council of Europe →	keyDocument
Council of Europe treaty monitoring system →	monitors